New Google Favicon Deja Vu All Over Again? 227
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.
Hardcore Slashdotters won't notice... (Score:5, Funny)
...because lynx does not support favicons, you insensitive clod!
Re:Really, timothy? (Score:5, Funny)
News for NERDS. Yes, we (the nerds) care about such things. Pedantic is our middle name.
Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really, timothy? (Score:3, Funny)
News just in (Score:5, Funny)
... the "S" in Slashdot looks similar to the "S" in MicroSoft!
Re:Fishing for emotional validation. (Score:2, Funny)
No no ... really I came here hoping there would be something about this.
Do you know what's sad? (Score:1, Funny)
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.
Unpossible (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really, timothy? (Score:5, Funny)
My middle name is Clive, you insensitive clod!
Looks like a red-beaked parrot to me (Score:2, Funny)
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.
Re:Unpossible (Score:5, Funny)
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:Almost Identical to Printing Company in Austin (Score:1, Funny)
and ginny's is in turn a blatant rip-off of mr. gatti's pizza.
Re:I'm not really seeing the similarity (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hardcore Slashdotters won't notice... (Score:5, Funny)
...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.
What I have learned (Score:5, Funny)
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
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Really, timothy? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Typical Engineers (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Re:Looks Like a Paw. Brings to mind Pet Supplies. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm not really seeing the similarity (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Almost Identical to Printing Company in Austin (Score:5, Funny)
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*
Re:I'm not really seeing the similarity (Score:3, Funny)
I don't care who Google stole the icon from. I'm concerned with how much carbon Google is using transmitting that favico! [slashdot.org] (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.)
Re:Really, timothy? (Score:5, Funny)
My middle name is Clive, you insensitive clod!
Anonymous Clive Coward? :P
Your parents didn't like you very much, did they?
Subject (Score:2, Funny)
the icon is gay.