Jan 11, 2009
Google’s new icon (favicon) = BLECH
by Kristan
Google recently unveiled a new favicon (that little square symbol that shows up next to the URL input bar of your browser and/or the tabs. Voilá:
My reaction: EW.
This was the original design submitted by André Resende, and it is MUCH nicer:
There were also a lot of other designs earlier on in the process, MANY of which are nicer than what Google ultimately chose/bastardized.
What do you think about the new icon? Which option is your favorite?
I totally noticed that too and was like, hey, when did that happen. Two seconds later. Okay whatever. I like the original better, but maybe they were going for offbeat. I’m very glad they chose one with a lowercase g.
To me it’s not offbeat, it’s like a kid did it, and not in a cute way.
I just don’t get why they saw a need to change it from what was submitted at all… MAYBE just brighten the color palette. But what they did was make the g harder to read.
i think is ugly and the original was slightly better… sigh…
Don’t you wish it were an April Fool’s joke? Too bad it’s like 3 months early.
Hey guys, thefaviconshomepage.com already hosts the brand new Google favicon!