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.

Comments

Hardcore Slashdotters won't notice...

[dotancohen]

...because lynx does not support favicons, you insensitive clod!

Re:Hardcore Slashdotters won't notice...

[dsginter]

...because lynx does not support favicons, you insensitive clod!

Lynx!?

Real hackers just stick the UTP on their tongue and decipher the signals with their taste buds. SIDE NOTE: I once discovered the hard way that a telephone ring signal is 90vac.

On a related note, I have been storing all of my favorites on the bookmark bar (or whatever it is called). As more sites are using the "favicon", it has been helpful to just edit the bookmark and remove the title altogether (leaving just the icon). You can fit a lot of favorites in the toolbar in this manner.

Re:Really, timothy?

[dotancohen]

News for NERDS. Yes, we (the nerds) care about such things. Pedantic is our middle name.

Wow...

[zwekiel]

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.

News just in

[Anonymous Coward]

... the "S" in Slashdot looks similar to the "S" in MicroSoft!

Unpossible

[the-bobcat]

Everyone knows that it's spelled Micro$oft.

Re:Unpossible

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone knows that it's spelled Micro$oft.

Exactly! And judging by the way the editors are posting this crap purely to get pagehits, it's safe to call it $la$hdot.

Re:Really, timothy?

[Anonymous Coward]

My middle name is Clive, you insensitive clod!

What I have learned

[PK_ERTW]

So, before this article I knew the google had changed there "little-icon-thingy".

Yes, as far as I knew that is what it is called.

What I have learned so far from this article is:

• Little-icon-thingy is not the correct name
• Favicon is the right name. I like mine more.
• Many companies use an assortment of primary colours.
• Google's makes a lower case 'g'. Cool, had not noticed that yet.

What falls in the what else is new category:

• Some people don't think a story belongs on the front page

PK

Re:I'm not really seeing the similarity

[TuaAmin13]

Today's episode of /. is brought to you by the letter G

Re:Almost Identical to Printing Company in Austin

[Blakey Rat]

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*