Who ever actually goes directly to google.com? The only way I noticed this insignificant change was in my interactions with the results page. Why does this non-news have 375 points?
Google’s look, evolved
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, anytime there is a logo change there is a bunch of marketing talk about why. It's all bullshit. At the end of the day it was because someone wanted to make their mark and got a chance to do it. A tweaked logo won't affect Google's outcome one iota. And it will be slightly changed in another couple of years by some new VP who wants to shake things up and get that next promotion.
When I was younger I didn't use Yahoo! because I disliked their logo and the use of ! in their name. Petty? Yes. Did it effect their market share? By at least 1 - yes. I highly doubt I was the only one to act like that. Design matters. Even if you don't think it does. E: For those wondering, I also didn't enjoy listening to Panic! At the Disco. They also eventually dropped the !.
I guess I shouldn't ask if you're a Godspeed You! Black Emperor fan...
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#163Doesn't really do anything for me one way or the other. It's fine, but so was the previous design. It's just... meh.
I find myself reminded of an xkcd strip: https://xkcd.com/915/
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#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
We've been using the new logo internally for a week. Give it a day, and then go back and look at the old logo, and then tell me how dated it looks.
My series of responses within the span of 30 minutes: * "It looks like fridge magnets for kids! I don't like it; the iconic lower case g is gone cause of designers obsession of san-serif == modern." * "Glad that they continue to embrace their playful culture tho." * "You know what, it's growing on me." * "Haha, they tilted the e, how cute. Oh god what is happening to me!?" * "Geeze, how old is Google books? They have…
Same here. Amazingly, the first inflection point was after about 60 seconds of pure disgust.
Not into that G yet. I think I'll call them oogle from now on.
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#165It took me a bit to find the word I wanted to use to describe what Google's old logo had vs. the new one. I think the old logo was classier. This new one is sort of uninspiring.
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#166I don't know about the logo, but I'll do know about Google's voice recognition. Yesterday, on my commute home I came across an accident that blocked the road. I pulled out my iPhone, loaded the Google app, and asked "give me directions home" and Google gave me directions home. Siri wouldn't have been able to do that. Siri can schedule my timers... and not much else, I don't trust it to take me home. I followed the Google directions and came across a road that had a lot of traffic. I glanced at my phone and saw another road (Google Maps) and followed it and enjoyed a lovely drive down a dirt road and saved myself some time (and other waiting for me on a backed up road). I got home only a few minutes later than normal.
Blah blah... I don't care about Google's logo, but I use my iPhone like a commodity and use Google's apps and services for the most important things. There are iPhone only apps I like, but when it comes to my mobile needs it's all about making calls (phone, a commodity), getting on the web (Chrome), and directions (Google Maps) dominates 2 of those 3.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
The new favicon is way better IMO. On the other hand, the main logo... I think this sums it up: "seem as much like a preschool as humanly possible". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10153449 I'm just not a fan of extremely flat designs.
New favicon? https://www.google.com/favicon.ico - is still the old one.
Wondering the same. If it has changed, then ISP cache will take some time to reflect.
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#168As much as I want to hate this for being change just for the sake of change...I really don't. So I guess that's a point in its favor.
The amount of marketing-speak in the blog post does make me a little queasy though.
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
The new favicon is way better IMO. On the other hand, the main logo... I think this sums it up: "seem as much like a preschool as humanly possible". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10153449 I'm just not a fan of extremely flat designs.
New favicon? https://www.google.com/favicon.ico - is still the old one.
The new one probably not populated to all their location yet, but adding a random query string does the trick.
https://www.google.com/favicon.ico?newlogo
(I'm seeing a four-colors capitalize G.)
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#170This font fits in perfectly with the Alphabet theme. Straight out of a kids book.
In hindsight, the Alphabet page has had the uppercase G from the new Google logo all along.