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To the many people ITT who seem to be puzzled by this kind of complaint, the issue is that it suggests someone at some point said "what if we flipped the Finder icon?", for which no valid answer appears to exist, making it unwarranted and unsatisfying. It also suggests their priorities are off.
In the age of X ditching Twitter and Tweets, I think brand continuity and identity is underrated. The friendly finder logo is such an essential part of MacOS that it's bizarre (at least to me) that they've changed the color symmetry of the face. Why would you do that? It's as iconic as the Apple silhouette for Apple users. If you've ever used MacOS, you've had that face stare back at you. It's a kind face. A friendly…
Trying to ditch twitter and tweets. I’ve yet to hear any normal person call it X yet.
Which kind of proves your point.
Is it 2023/accounts.xlsx or 2024/accounts.xlsx or 2025/accounts.xlsx? Who knows!
This is simply gatekeeping. I understand writing an article about it but filing a radar? The only thing the author wants to do here is a fandom flex. Ironically, his pictures prove that the icons have changed a lot! What’s the canonical face anyway? You can look at the prior icon and argue they broke canon there removing the black center stroke and clipping the overflowing line.
Darker on the left, lighter on the right. Flush with the surrounding box. Evokes the feeling of two people: one looking straight at you, and one profile face.
Even the profile face is broken in the new redesign.