Poll: Do You Like Google's 2009 Fav (Browser) Icon?

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January 9, 2009

Poll: Do You Like Google's 2009 Fav (Browser) Icon?

Let us know in the poll bellow if you like Google's new favorite icon, the icon found in the browser bar on the left hand side of the domain name. The image below shows the three icons used, the one on the left most is the newest. The one in the middle is the one introduced in May 2008 and the one on the right is the original one.

Here is the poll, let us know which one you like the best of the three:

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld, DigitalPoint Forums and Google Blogoscoped Forums.

Update: Official word from Google Blog says this redesign was based on a contest they ran.

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at January 9, 2009 4:12 PM Comments (32)

Comments

the new colourful one is too hard to make out the "g" because it blends in with the white background on the urlbar! i found this poll because i was googling stuff to try and figure out what the random shapes meant! i like it a bitmore now i can tell what the hell it is though

Posted by christianlea at January 9, 2009 16:44

always liked the original one to be honest, dont like the new one at all

Posted by james poole at January 9, 2009 17:17

I didn't even see the G until you said that! haha wow. It just looked like a bunch of balls.

Posted by Chris Hornak at January 9, 2009 17:23

The new favicon is a step backwards, please go back to blue 2008

Posted by McNevin at January 9, 2009 18:03

Nothing conspicuous about it. The new one blends into the background, consequently I keep accidentally closing the tabs.

Posted by Rich Lee at January 9, 2009 18:57

Old blue one is way more better than this one..but then it is Google. They always do what people don't like. :)

Posted by julie at January 9, 2009 21:50

All are fine with me. It's just a design. Changes are encouraged every now and then for variance, improvement, etc.

Posted by LawLover at January 9, 2009 22:39

I like the original one

Posted by Saad Kamal at January 10, 2009 01:02

It's too colorful. I ain't going to refresh Google page (so the old one will be replaced).

Old one is fine here :-)

Posted by Vygantas at January 10, 2009 04:46

I have a shortcut icon on my desktop and the new one doesn't look very good. I like the original icon.

Posted by sandra at January 10, 2009 11:49

I like the new one. I have you on my quick links. I like the new one.

Posted by suzyque at January 10, 2009 14:59

Google saw the logo for Windows and thought we're having that ;)

I think that the new one is better as it stands out.

Posted by Garrif at January 10, 2009 15:34

I think its a great new logo, nice and colourful, definately eye catching despite being small.

Great stuff.

Posted by gambie at January 10, 2009 16:41

I completely agree with others that feel the new one stinks and the original is the best.

Posted by chris boggs at January 11, 2009 00:31

I didn't mind the original, they could have stuck with that and it wouldn't have bothered me... But I hated the little blue g. So the new colorful one is a very nice change from that. It's nice and modern and distinct.

Posted by Eric at January 11, 2009 01:29

Google's homepage is famous for its minimalistic design. The favicon should be minimalistic too.

Posted by geraki at January 11, 2009 07:08

Google's homepage is famous for its minimalistic design. The favicon should be minimalistic too.

Posted by geraki at January 11, 2009 07:10

The original one stands out the best which is best for branding me would thinks.

Posted by Ryan at January 11, 2009 10:30

The original is the best.

Posted by Dawid Ryba at January 11, 2009 12:26

I actually like the new one, but it's a close call against the original "G"... I never was a fan of the small blue "g". I think it does a great job of relating to the colourful "Google" you'll find on the Google home page.

Posted by robert at January 12, 2009 08:11

I think the new one looks pretty cool! Glad to see Google is moving with the times...the other 2 looked a little boring!

Posted by Tom at January 12, 2009 12:02

Original stays the best.. but this also looks chewable.. :)

Posted by Champi at January 12, 2009 14:19

The new one is in the right direction. It is abit mondrianesk. It is indeed hard to grasped it at first. It might just require some tweaking.

The blue one is elegant, for print especially, but doesn't stand well in the sea of colorful pixels on the screen.

The original one is recognizable, but lack elegance and interest.

Good luck.

Posted by andree at January 13, 2009 09:34

The new one is too much, too gaudy, too many colors. Plus, the green and red looks too much like Christmas. It was fine the way it was. What's wrong with simplicity?

Posted by Don at January 13, 2009 14:43

Took me a couple of days to figure out why I despise the new icon. It struck me today that the color scheme is reminiscent of Christmas due to the bold green & red colors. I love the holidays but we are inundated with Christmas colors for three months straight. I wish they would have not altered the color scheme of André Resende's original design.

Posted by Lisa at January 14, 2009 01:20

The colour scheme is exactly like the Microsoft logo, which is BAD! The original was clear and different, now it seems it's time to abandon Google. Very sorry.

Posted by Pepa at January 14, 2009 03:26

Perhaps its bold for google to try a new direction, the logo Is ok, but I agree with most when I say that I don't like the colors, and a bit off topic, I'm also no too much a fan of the iGoogle setup also, very unoriginal for such a innovative company.

Posted by Jam at January 14, 2009 10:28

Are all of you color-blind? The choice of colors are that which is used to symbolize the contemporary "Rastamon" in honorary celebration of this Republic's First American of Black Ancestry President-elect. All you sissys are siunding as though you're selecting dresses to match w/ your blouses. I'm born & raised on O'ahu,Hawai'i, never voted for Barry-O...& rather be desd than gone red! Fools!

Posted by aki-san at January 15, 2009 14:17

The new fav looks like googles coloured balls that you see on some of their pages with a white "g" placed on top.

Posted by Ian at January 17, 2009 08:46

I really really dislike the new icon. I found this page because I was trying to find a way to remove it

Posted by Christopher at January 18, 2009 11:44

I think the new design is meant to resemble that ugly google chrome button!

Posted by Randy at January 27, 2009 22:55

Its a ripped off variant of the AVG free Antivirus logo ;0

Posted by Hutcheroo at February 12, 2009 12:18