# Anyone else hate Google's new icon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559 "2009-01-23T01:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/1 "2009-01-23T01:41:46Z")
Before, when I had Google open in a tab there would be a big blue G in the corner. This is also to the icon that appears to the left in the address bar. Now it’s some crazy-ass lowercase g surrounded by blue, yellow, red, and green fields. WTF Google? Your quasi-impressionist take on what’s good in a logo blows. Bring back the simplicity of the G! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/2 "2009-01-23T01:43:05Z")
Yes, I hate it too!! I miss the old icon. The new one is fugly… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/3 "2009-01-23T01:49:54Z")
Yeah, it’s really hideous. It’s like going back to surfing in 1997. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/4 "2009-01-23T01:51:19Z")
Yeah, hate the new one too. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/5 "2009-01-23T01:54:14Z")
The sad part is that they probably paid someone a helluva lot of cash to develop this new and improved version. ---
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/6 "2009-01-23T01:58:30Z")
It’s terrible. I posted as much on facebook and had 4 other people agree with me. One friend compared it to the old 70’s style Twister logo. Absolutely horrendous. It’s unbalanced and lopsided. Makes me want to hurl. No, not just hurl, but causes me to dry heave continuously for several minutes after viewing this assault on my senses. Then I go into a blind rage and start tearing apart kittens and puppies. Were it not for my skills with the Elder Sign, it would surely awake the Old Ones and lead to the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Amish\_Barbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@Amish\_Barbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amish_Barbie)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/7 "2009-01-23T02:01:56Z")
I haven’t run into anyone yet, that likes Google’s new favicon. It sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/8 "2009-01-23T02:16:14Z")
I like it. I also liked Michelle Obama’s election night dress. Hey, what’s with all the pitchforks and torches? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/9 "2009-01-23T02:17:23Z")
It’s fine, you’ll get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/10 "2009-01-23T02:30:05Z")
Another vote for fugly. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/11 "2009-01-23T02:31:22Z")
I like it, but then I am a software product manager. I admit I didn’t see the “g” for the first few days - I saw a series of regions broken up by white lines. It was like an abstract map to me, symbolizing the map that google provides through increasingly disparate data. I like that concept in a logo for them. When I noticed the “g”, that put it over the top for me. I might use slightly less saturated colors, but the basic logo, in a tiny square space, conveys a lot of important meaning for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/12 "2009-01-23T02:48:23Z")
I think it’s great. Of course when I first saw it, I was expecting the big blue G, so the shock caused me to fall out of my chair. Now, however, it really brightens up my day. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/13 "2009-01-23T02:53:32Z")
Don’t even start with favicons while on this board. Ugly, not ugly, I don’t really care enough either way to complain. Just bring me my beer and get those kids the HELL off my lawn!! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/14 "2009-01-23T03:10:45Z")
> [@QuercusMax](#): > > It’s terrible. I posted as much on facebook and had 4 other people agree with me. One friend compared it to the old 70’s style Twister logo. Absolutely horrendous. It’s unbalanced and lopsided. > > Makes me want to hurl. No, not just hurl, but causes me to dry heave continuously for several minutes after viewing this assault on my senses. Then I go into a blind rage and start tearing apart kittens and puppies. Were it not for my skills with the Elder Sign, it would surely awake the Old Ones and lead to the end of the world. Don’t hold back on us now. Tell us how you _really_ feel! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/15 "2009-01-23T03:27:43Z")
Me no care either way. I noticed it. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/16 "2009-01-23T03:33:52Z")
I thought it was a graphics glitch…don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/17 "2009-01-23T03:39:21Z")
I like it. Kinda retro. Shows they’re still willing to switch things up, even after they became a bigshot company. Only problem is my searchbar icon is still the same ‘G on white background’ and I don’t like the discrepancy. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/18 "2009-01-23T06:45:40Z")
I think the reason it bothers me most is that it makes it difficult to locate among all of my tabs. For some reason I just can’t associate that symbol with google, and have trouble tabbing back to my search page. Grr. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/19 "2009-01-25T03:33:55Z")
I like the [original version](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.html) better. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559/20 "2009-01-25T03:37:55Z")
I like it more… _ducks behind blast doors_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-googles-new-icon/482559.md?page=2)