Google has rolled out a brand new version of their favicon -- that little icon you see in in the title bar of your browser when you visit a website. For many years, that icon remained static, and people took it for granted: .
Google has rolled out a brand new version of their favicon -- that little icon you see in in the title bar of your browser when you visit a website. For many years, that icon remained static, and people took it for granted:
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Then one day, Google mixed it up and gave us a small 'g' on a gradient background:
. This change was immediately noticable, and for me, it made me realize how often I look at the icon. It's almost like breaking your small toe -- you never realize how much you use it until it happens. The change wasn't final, Google basically used the new design to get users to submit suggestions for a new one.
From all the submissions Google got, they really liked a few, and incorporated some of the ideas from them in their final design. Behold, the new Google favicon that you will be how you identify windows that belong to Google for the forseeable future:
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What do you think of the new design? Personally, I don't have an issue with it -- it's sufficiently colorful, and easily recognizable. However, there were a few submissions that I think might be a little better, like this one:
