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Off-topic: why does the Firefox icon has that unappealing black background? I don't understand why lately on iOS, MacOS, Android etc the app icon has that blac

Off-topic: why does the Firefox icon has that unappealing black background? I don't understand why lately on iOS, MacOS, Android etc the app icon has that black (dark blue?) background. The Firefox website does not use a dark background icon anywhere, there's not one available in the design kit, although it does mention the preference for either light or dark backgrounds due to the color gradients being potentially confusing with mid-tones and color mixes. I still don't see the need to distribute such a broken-looking one - it makes it look like they messed up the transparency setting on a png somewhere. Compare it to Chrome's (in the OP) which looks fresh, lively and friendly.

mlindner 2y ago
It's a dark purple, and it happened when Apple changed the design language such that all applications need to look like rounded squares. I dearly miss skeuomorphism. Making everything look identical is just horrible for ergonomics.
- episteme 2y ago
  This doesn't explain why they made it a dark purple, the other apps have white backgrounds.
- b3orn 2y ago
  > all applications need to look like rounded squares. Looking at the screenshots there are several browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave and even Safari) for which the icon neither has a background nor rounded corners.
  - medstrom 2y ago
    They do have backgrounds. White backgrounds. You don't see it there but it'd be obvious on your homescreen.
  - pjerem 2y ago
    If you look closer, they all have rounded corners, they just have white backgrounds.
keane 2y ago
you can vote for a changeable color here: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/customizable-app-icons-for-ios/idi-p/35938 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/customizable-app-icons-...