I hate these icons

It’s not even more aesthetic. Just more unified in branding.

And the interface of their apps are still incoherent af. I don’t know how, but they manage to make things worse every time

It’s ok, they’ll just retire the service eventually.

Yeah, the old logos were all over the place. At first glance it’s not obvious they’re all Google apps.

To me, that’s just the case for camera and calendar. Maps is IMHO perfect (except the unnecessary G) and the red-and-white envelope is quite well-known.

And? All of those being part of the same walled garden is a bug in the legal system not a feature.

Better be explicit about the walled garden rather than being diffuse about it

I think what really bothers me about the aesthetics is that the shapes are broken up by the coloration. For example, the pin icon for Google Maps looks almost like a hook, because the yellow has little contrast on this white background.

Whatever. It sucks ass is the point.

My point is that it’s also ugly.

And that’s why I don’t really hate it. I hate Google, but I think it’s a neat design choice. I still hate Microsoft’s icon design a lot though, they can’t seem to stick with one thing.

I definitely find it more aesthetically pleasing. Just like the icon packs.

i think they did need to unify the design and branding but i also agree they went too far with it. if they had only chosen 1-2 colors for each app icon that would have helped a lot.

gmail - red

drive - yellow

maps - green

meet - blue

calendar - lighter blue

problem solved

Problem solved! If we ignore the world’s ~300 million colorblind people.

is that the one that says “fuck the color blind” because if so hey!! that’s not nice

i think they forgot to mention: they’re not all the same shape.

True. Colorblind people come in all shapes and sizes.

Except that the original post was contesting that those shapes are indistinguishable from each other. My point, therefore, is that the solution offered in the post I replied to would still be indistinguishable to 300 million people.

Most software pretty much doesn’t give a fuck about the visually impaired despite everyone talking big shit about accessibility. So I could certainly give a fuck what color someone’s logo is.

The icoms would still have different shapes, right?

No, it would just be the 🤣 emoji in different colors.

Yes, but the original post is suggesting that they’re ambiguous enough to all be squares. Running with that concept, making a bunch of squares different colors doesn’t fix the issue for those of us who can’t easily identify those colors.

Which is how they are now

then what is your solution? do you expect them to redo their entire corporate branding palette?

Nope. The icons are honestly good enough as they are, but the original post was being disingenuous in suggesting they’re no more distinguishable than squares.

Running with that logic, having each square a different color does not solve the problem for those of us who can’t easily distinguish those colors.

calendar - lighter blue

It’s called goluboy. In Russian at least.

People simultaneously justifying their jobs but not willing to make significant, meaningful changes

I like the new version of the last two, but old for the rest

The camera app and spreadsheet app? Because that’s what i would’ve guessed they were based on the icons

those are Meet and Calendar.

What do you mean, the new ones are still different shapes.

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