Sunday, June 1, 2008

Google releases sleek icon on unsuspecting public

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Has anyone noticed the new favicon, left, being used on all Google Web sites? It's curvier and bluer than the old one, right.

It caught me off guard.

But I sort of like it. Though it has more curves, it's simpler than the old one, which is in keeping with Google's design philosophy: fewer the frills, the better.

Interestingly, Google's new icon seems to be a Firefox exclusive. Internet Explorer and Safari still have the old icon. (I used Safari to grab a screen shot of the old one.)

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:59 PM, June 01, 2008

    I noticed that earlier, especially when Google was taking FOR FREAKIN' EVER to do searches. (Fewer frills? Obviously it's slowing down search time!) But I was using IE, so you might want to issue a correction. Or just study the issue. Or something.

    ~WN

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  2. Andrew Knapp11:07 PM, June 01, 2008

    That was the case with IE when I first wrote this (I saw it), but it isn't anymore, so I won't do anything.

    And no, favicons do not slow search.

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