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Google's New Favicon

36 points by alexitosrv 14y ago

Camillo 14y ago
It has to be a coincidence, but it kind of looks like they updated the logo for Windows 8.
tnuc 14y ago
It looks exactly like the favicon in use prior to 2009. Except with a bit of color change. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-05-30-n48.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-05-30-n48.html
richardjordan 14y ago
I quite like it. I always found the old one to be a bit of a mess on the browser tab. It's never really looked good to me. Happy to see the change.
jrockway 14y ago
I miss the logo with the capital G and colored lines around it. Reminds me of one of those wooden letter blocks I played with when I was a kid.
- cmkrnl 14y ago
  That's my favourite too. But whatever usability studies GOOG has done can't be wrong...!?
- commandar 14y ago
  Yeah, the favicon they used starting around 2009[1] was definitely my favorite visually. It stood out among a ton of tabs; the monolithic favicons they've been using since they just look like blobs to my eye. This latest one is especially bad in that regard. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.h...
  - lloeki 14y ago
    To me, that new 'blue pill' one is better, more subdued, and the 'g' is very legible. Before that that was just a patchwork of colors and the 'g' was unreadable on a white background (i.e Chrome's own location field). The original entry by André Resende was much, much better than the messy one they used since 2009. The capital G was nice.
Eduard 14y ago
If this "news" makes frontpage, it's time for me to look for a new Hacker News.
- DigitalSea 14y ago
  I guess you'll be leaving then? This submission made the homepage. You might be happy to hear that Digg just relaunched though :P
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- Eduard 14y ago
  For those downvoting me: please explain me the significance of Google's new favicon for a community focused on "Hacker News".
  - iaskwhy 14y ago
    I did not downvote you but I can understand it, something changed on one of the most known pages in the world, one which also happens to be extremely minimalistic making any change probably newsworthy. Also, favicons are a little bit like a logo for a company, people will see that icon on their browsers all the time. I'd say it is interesting enough to have been submitted to this community.
  - japhyr 14y ago
    I did not downvote you either, but I think branding is a concept that is pretty important to most of us. How the major companies handle the evolution of their brand is pretty interesting, especially the subtle aspects that we see every day but might not think about.
    - TomasSedovic 14y ago
      Sadly, the post provide little content besides showing the favicons Google used in the past. The icon itself's not even new -- the post mentions it's the same icon they've been using on the mobile devices already. Really, all the post is saying is: "Lookie, we're using our mobile icon everywhere for the sake of consistency." Does that really "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
espeed 14y ago
Does that mean the candy cane +1 buttons are being revamped too?
deleted 14y ago
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wensing 14y ago
Major boring.
sp332 14y ago
Some earlier discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4375713 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4375713
seunosewa 14y ago
I prefer the old favicon. You know, the bright, colorful, cheerful one.

36 points by alexitosrv 14y ago

It has to be a coincidence, but it kind of looks like they updated the logo for Windows 8.

tnuc 14y ago

It looks exactly like the favicon in use prior to 2009. Except with a bit of color change. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-05-30-n48.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-05-30-n48.html

richardjordan 14y ago

I quite like it. I always found the old one to be a bit of a mess on the browser tab. It's never really looked good to me. Happy to see the change.

jrockway 14y ago

I miss the logo with the capital G and colored lines around it. Reminds me of one of those wooden letter blocks I played with when I was a kid.

cmkrnl 14y ago
That's my favourite too. But whatever usability studies GOOG has done can't be wrong...!?
commandar 14y ago
Yeah, the favicon they used starting around 2009[1] was definitely my favorite visually. It stood out among a ton of tabs; the monolithic favicons they've been using since they just look like blobs to my eye. This latest one is especially bad in that regard. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.h...
- lloeki 14y ago
  To me, that new 'blue pill' one is better, more subdued, and the 'g' is very legible. Before that that was just a patchwork of colors and the 'g' was unreadable on a white background (i.e Chrome's own location field). The original entry by André Resende was much, much better than the messy one they used since 2009. The capital G was nice.

Eduard 14y ago

If this "news" makes frontpage, it's time for me to look for a new Hacker News.

DigitalSea 14y ago
I guess you'll be leaving then? This submission made the homepage. You might be happy to hear that Digg just relaunched though :P
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Eduard 14y ago
For those downvoting me: please explain me the significance of Google's new favicon for a community focused on "Hacker News".
- iaskwhy 14y ago
  I did not downvote you but I can understand it, something changed on one of the most known pages in the world, one which also happens to be extremely minimalistic making any change probably newsworthy. Also, favicons are a little bit like a logo for a company, people will see that icon on their browsers all the time. I'd say it is interesting enough to have been submitted to this community.
- japhyr 14y ago
  I did not downvote you either, but I think branding is a concept that is pretty important to most of us. How the major companies handle the evolution of their brand is pretty interesting, especially the subtle aspects that we see every day but might not think about.
  - TomasSedovic 14y ago
    Sadly, the post provide little content besides showing the favicons Google used in the past. The icon itself's not even new -- the post mentions it's the same icon they've been using on the mobile devices already. Really, all the post is saying is: "Lookie, we're using our mobile icon everywhere for the sake of consistency." Does that really "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

espeed 14y ago

Does that mean the candy cane +1 buttons are being revamped too?

deleted 14y ago

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wensing 14y ago

Major boring.

sp332 14y ago

Some earlier discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4375713 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4375713

seunosewa 14y ago

I prefer the old favicon. You know, the bright, colorful, cheerful one.