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New Google Favicon Deja Vu All Over Again?
theodp writes "Last June, Google rolled out a new favicon, the small branding icon that graces your URL bar when you visit Google. Which, as it turned out, bore a striking similarity to Garth Brooks' Circle-G logo. Well, Google went back to the drawing board and has come back with a new favicon, which it says was inspired by — not copied from, mind you — its users' submitted ideas. Some are also seeing inspiration elsewhere for the new favicon, which consists of white 'g' on a background of four color swatches. Take the AVG antivirus icon, for instance. Or everybody's favorite memory toy, Simon. Or — in perhaps the unkindest cut of all — the four-color Microsoft Windows logo, shown here with a superimposed white '7'. Anything else come to mind?" What comes to mind for me is just how obsessed many people are with the Google favicon.
...because lynx does not support favicons, you insensitive clod!
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
News for NERDS. Yes, we (the nerds) care about such things. Pedantic is our middle name.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
This is such important news. Man, the people at the New York Time s are going to be kicking themselves if their morning paper has already been sent out to the printer.
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This is Slashdot? Shit! I thought I was on the Half Life forums...
... the "S" in Slashdot looks similar to the "S" in MicroSoft!
No no ... really I came here hoping there would be something about this.
I was cleaning up my Firefox extensions yesterday when I came across "favicon picker". I uninstalled it because I thought to myself "...well, I haven't actually changed an Icon for anything in ages, may as well get rid of it" and literally minutes later, Google's favicon changed.
They mock me.
Everyone knows that it's spelled Micro$oft.
My middle name is Clive, you insensitive clod!
Looks like a red-beaked parrot to me.
You're right, it is an inkblot test. And apparently I have some repressed issues with parrots.
and ginny's is in turn a blatant rip-off of mr. gatti's pizza.
I love it how we get into rants about how something doesn't matter, and how everyone should get over it... then... Oh, I just ranted about it. That means... I ... care ... nooo!
Yes, as far as I knew that is what it is called.
What I have learned so far from this article is:
What falls in the what else is new category:
PK
Engineers arn't boring people, we just get excited about boring things.
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Right on! You tell them! Clearly the lack of keen insights such as yours into the nature of critical elements such as a favicon is what is holding Google back from becoming a hugely successful juggernaut of a company...
Oh wait, they are a hugely successful juggernaut of a company... so much for your keen insight. Maybe you should stick to lecturing the indecisive hippies in your class.
Hey, I'm sure some Google Vice-President is proud of the fact his kid puked up a bunch of crayons that vaguely resemble a "g".
Be relentless!
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Damn! You caught me!
You see, I'm Google's brand designer. I was totally stumped when they told me they wanted a new logo, but then I thought: hey! There's that printing company in Austin!
I didn't think anybody would see the connection! *sob*
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I don't care who Google stole the icon from. I'm concerned with how much carbon Google is using transmitting that favico! (Historical context for future viewers, or for humor-impaired mods from the present: there is currently one story between that story and this one on the slashdot main page.)
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My middle name is Clive, you insensitive clod!
Anonymous Clive Coward? :P
Your parents didn't like you very much, did they?
Stop over-analyzing your analizations
the icon is gay.