Icon design

That Firefox logo was simplified, but not oversimplified. Even with a very small icon size you can still tell it’s a fox that is (on?) fire. The Firefox Family logo is oversimplified, just being a swoosh, basically.

well the family logo is supposed to be as simple as possible

I beg to differ. Until now I never noticed the fox in the logo. And even now that I know it’s there I have a hard time finding it. And I’m looking at a version of almost 1cm on my screen.

Well, I suppose it makes sense that it doesn’t apply to everyone, but my guess is that the majority can still see the fox.
Either way, the simplification of modern logos is a necessity, because they are used in small UI elements, often even appearing monochrome. At which point they still need to be recognizable. Whether they are simplified in a good or bad way, is subjective though.

Never forget what they took from us

I still think the 2017 logo was their best, like a nice middle ground between this version and the current one:

I like this one. New ones missing the paw and has an odd tail end to me.

Agreed. This is the best one. And yes the new tail is awkward, I was thinking the same thing.

Those bastards cut off his arm!

This gives me the warm fuzzies

I liked this so much more! It was cute and charming.

The new logo looks so office neutral/corporate friendly.

I seem to be the only one who likes the new Firefox logo. It’s way more colorful!

The new logo looks sleek and nice, but I personally just really like more complex logos.

You might like them in isolation but icons need to exist in a lot of uis and contexts so having an overly detailed one will make it look weird when juxtaposed with what’s around it.

You are not alone, we just don’t meme about it.

I like it too, the old one was too detailed which makes it stand out too much. Icons need to work in a lot of contexts so simpler is almost always better.

The old one was great – in the context of late 00s to early 2010s design philosophy. It fit right in with Apple‘s skeumorphic design language and Microsofts Aero design. The new one is the perfect answer to the modern, more minimalist design. (Although I’m glad we’re mostly out of the "flat“ design era of Windows Metro and similar UIs)

I miss Aero design so much.

That’s true, it fit in with the trends of the time. I guess part of my feeling is that I never actually liked skeumorphic design so I’ve been happy that flat caught on. There was a period where it did get too flat, but I like the middle ground we’re at now.

I think most actually like it more, it’s just people are a lot more likely to come online and make posts if they dislike something.

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I think the same. The old logo also had a weird Nintendo 64-like 3D.

I’d be happiest with the simple one in the old colours.

Orange and blue look way better to me than light orange and purple.

personally I think it’s not bad, but I still haven’t gotten used yo it

tbh it smh feels like they just changed it a month ago, idk when they actually changed it

The new one is less colourful. The new one is orange and purple, which are both derived from red. The old one is orange and blue, which are opposite on the colour wheel. So there’s more colour in the old one.

I used to not like the new Firefox logo when it first came out, but by now, I couldn’t do with the old one, it looks so much… And I bet if they changed it back, it would take me 2 months max to switch opinions right back.

At some point I have to accept, I’m just an ape of habit.

Honestly, its considered a hot-take but I do like minimalistic logos cause they are easier to recognize. Also they tend to better fit with the rest of the UI and products.

Counterpoint is the bullshit Google did with all their icons. Same exact colors with different shapes makes quick differentiation an actual challenge.

That’s gotta be an icon pack, given the black and the weird colors. Am I wrong? Did they change it since I last used the stock icons?

And then they introduced to android a new option that only showed the shape of the icon in two tones. Now they have no colour and are just odd shapes.

I can’t tell you how often I’ve opened Google Drive when I meant to open the Gmail app or vice versa.
I know they technically don’t look that much alike, but at a glance they’re way too similar. Just use a different color for each app please?

Although the icons are kinda not minimal with the amount of colors in there, they could have like made one app with one or two colors and the other with different ones

Why does Drive not match the color tone of the rest of them? It’s so muted.

It all depends on context. The Firefox logo is good and fine as a brand logo you can put on the product website, big enough, or the about dialog. But as an application icon I dislike it. I would prefer a simpler, more recognizable, flat-colored version.

I generally agree. However, for the MDN Web docs icon, I’m not sure I’ll ever acclimate to that one, even with how often I see it. so bad. Love MDN still though

The new reddit logo is pretty awful but both Firefox logos are fine IMO. They are both pretty well done, just in different styles.

Yup, the design for Firefox’s logo is just a million times better than reddit’s, simplification arguments aside. FF just did a much better job.

Are they trying to fool investors that it’s a messaging service? The little tail on the bubble makes it look like a WhatsApp ripoff.

Snoo looks like they have a beard now…

Which better represents the people on reddit. That’s good innit?

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