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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