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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 133 points 2 years ago

Salty old designer’s 2¢

I think the new icon scales much better. The fox’s head has turned, and the snoot is easier to see when it’s small / far away. Also, the tail flame is more exaggerated, and it is also more apparent at a small scale.

The globe is kind of lost now. It just feels like a random purple ball, but scaling that down allowed the designers to play up the tail flame.

All in all, I dig it. Complex gradients and shapes are not great for logos. Never has been. That stuff is hard to work with when you start putting logos on signage, fav icons, etc. Simple logos have always been more practical.

And that said, simple is very very hard to do well. It’s clear that they spent a LOT of time on every little curve and detail with this thing. I think the designer did a nice job of preserving the history while giving Mozilla’s design team something that will be easier to work with.

[-] aluminiumsandworm@kbin.social 62 points 2 years ago

absolute buffoon's 2¢ here

fox cute

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago
[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago

I know I'm completely butchering the color palette here, but I've finally realized what I felt was missing from the new logo. In the previous iterations, the head was always turned in such a way that you couldn't see the eyes. Now the head is at an angle where you should see the right eye. But you don't, the head is completely empty.

Here's an """"improvement"""" making the logo a bit more friendly I think:

[-] gothicdecadence@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Now it looks like it has a mole lol

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

it's interesting that people argue about this a lot because firefox has the most complex icon on my home screen

[-] Zangoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

^^ imo the logos under the "Doric" and "Tuscan" pillars are my two favorites. I like the slightly more detailed one better than the flat logo, but I completely understand why they changed it and there are some way worse examples of logos getting butchered by becoming too simple.

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 75 points 2 years ago

Am I the only one who likes the new Logo? I mean its simplified but you can still clearly recognize the Red Panda. Plus I like purple

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago

You're not the only one, people especially in niche spheres like Linux are very nostalgic of a certain era in computing and refuse to accept that change happens. For example there are people who absolutely hate apps with the slightest bit of white space even though that was proven time and time again to be more accessible and readable

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago

Change can happen, that's fine

We can also dislike modern logo design trends, those are 2 completely different topics at hand

[-] yogaxpto@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

But it is supposed to be a fox!

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] Dangdoggo@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Wow I didn't know that, the logo definitely looks more like a fox though...

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago

yeah i kinda feel like they're just making it up? like it's clearly a red fox, red pandas don't have a long snout like that and are overall rounder.

[-] Renevar 7 points 2 years ago

? In the very question you linked they state without a doubt that it's depicting a fox tho

"hi, the logo is clearly depicting a fox - however the red panda (common name: firefox) is also a cute mascot for our browser"

That means they have some red panda mascots (it seems like they use to actually have some live cams that you could watch them on too!) But the logo itself does infact depict a fox

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

So it's a fox but their mascot is a red panda.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Actually it’s supposed to be a fox

[-] Neve8028@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I think the one before the current one is my favorite. I feel like the current one is a bit blocky while the previous has a little more detail but still looks good when shrunk down. I don't hate the current one, though.

I like it too, it is just easier on the eyes. There certainly is a trend of minimalism that makes every company try to simplify their logos, but for firefox I feel it does fit nicely

[-] xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I like the oldest

[-] solinus@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 years ago

I also like the smooth gradients. I'm a gradient appreciator.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

No you're not alone, I honestly disliked the old one and always have but I really like the new one.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's quite nice

[-] yttrium 40 points 1 year ago

Firefox wasn't around during the time of the ancient greeks, silly. They used Netscape Navigator

[-] hungryphrog 14 points 1 year ago

Dammit, some Spartan dude hacked my pc again. Be careful to not install files from sketchy websites, or you might get a Trojan!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 2 years ago

previous logo remains superior, it's got lovely colours and a nice balance of simplicity and detail.

the classic logos just look quaint and the current logo kinda feels.. empty?

[-] neeeeDanke@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

are you triyng to reignite the pillar discourse?!

[-] Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Doric is the best, otherwise they wouldn't have used it for Perry's Monument

[-] heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago

Love the new Icon

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

My favourite ones the second one because I feel it’s the right amount of simplification without oversimplifying. The first one is alright though.

[-] GnomeComedy@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Göbekli Tepe

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Ionic is the happy middle ground, Corinthian is the intellectual’s choice

[-] Nerorero 1 points 2 years ago
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