Google Chrome gets a new icon
Google has dropped the robotic chrome icon in favor of a new, flattened and more balanced icon for their Chrome browser. The open source version of Chrome, Chromium, got the refresh last week, and now the Developer Builds now sport the new look.
The new logo should work it’s way down into the beta and stable release version soon. While I had nothing against the old icon, the new version is definitely more recognizable in the OS X Dock. The only problem I see with it now is that it looks too much like Google Picasa.
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If a logo indicates the integrity of the product, then this is a profound denigration. Profound… But, either way, I think it looks like that stupid electronic game Simon. I hated that game and so I modded it to make different, cool animal and movie sounds and ramped up the speed so after 1 round it would go too fast and be too complicated to follow, unless you were on crank, which I never was. And still amn’t.
Lol, people fighting over an icon.
wtf JAMES?!?!?! you accually LIKE the so called “new” icon which now lokkes like SHIT.
dude,FUCK YOU JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think you need more fiber in your diet.
Good greif… is 4chan down or something?
ok now im PISSED THE FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>:( CHANGE IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I’ve never seen so much controversy over an icon. I happen to like it now, though it took a day or so to grow on me. But to be honest, I don’t pay attention to the icons anyway because I use Butler to launch most of my apps anyway.
Great… spent time on a new icon. Any chance of them getting around to finally giving us SOME control over keyboard shortcuts (ie. disabling them at least)? I’d think that’d take about as much time as messing up the icon did.
Anywho, do a image search for the chrome/chromium icons in .png format and use them as your icons instead, that’s what i did after I noticed the new icon looked like crap in my launch bar.
No depth, No HD, No Cool looking shiney-ness
Just plain and simple way to put it,
RUINED
looks like a 3 year old made it on paint….
Way to go Google Chrome. Your new icon officially sucks… I think due to your changing from the old one I would even consider going back to Safari, simply to remove this icon from my dock… Well done to your Graphic Designer who took you back to the 90’s…
I’ve posted a video tutorial on how to change the Chrome icon back to the old 3D icon on a mac. I hope this helps.
http://christolley.ca/2011/04/28/change-chromes-new-2d-icon-back-to-the-old-3d-icon-on-a-mac/
Unfortunately, you’ll have to do that about every 3 days – every time Chrome updates it will revert to their version of the logo.
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What?? I hope they’re not serious about this. The old one looks way way much better than what they were proposing. Oh please!
If you don’t like it, just switch back to the old one. It really doesn’t make a difference to me. The new one is simpler, but the old one is cooler. Meh, I might just switch the icon back to the old one, just cause I’m used to it.
This new icon is just utterly crap, I liked the old one way better! Is there a way to change the icon back to the old one?
I usually hit option tab to switch between apps and for a sec I thought my mac was malfunctioning when I saw Chromes New logo. WTF is that? They should of made this logos first then upgraded to the old one. I agree, this definitely look like windows 3.1x
The arrogance and illiteracy you two (above me) have with computers is dam astonishing! “I thought there was something wrong with my computer” “Couldn’t handle the 3Dness” “Its impossible for macs to get viruses.”
There is so much wrong with what you said it kind of makes me sad… I wonder what you guys use your $1500 machines for?
I also thought my mac had a problem, like it couldn’t handle the 3Dness of the real icon and had to revert to this 2D one. I see what they were trying to go for, but I think they went a little too far. If it just had a tiny bit of depth to it, I’d be much happier – even Google’s official logo, for its search engine, is not THIS flat! And nor is the OSX’s visual design. Nor Chrome’s window design.
Dude……. Who the hell came up with this piece of crap? They need to be fired! -_____-
WHERE THE HELL IS THE CHROME IN THIS CHROME ICON??????????????
at least the old Chrome icon had a little bit of Chrome in the center.
Let me tell you something Google! When I saw this change on my computer…. I thought the icon was telling me something was wrong! I thought I had a virus or something BUT I HAVE A MAC! So that’s impossible. That’s why I “Google”d the problem
lol exactly what i thought
me too on a mac
OMG! me too this piece o’ crap is now on my desktop and the whole time I was thinking that I needed to reinstall Chrome. lol, to think they actually believe this is an upgrade shows how clueless Google can be when they implement something without getting feedback first. Seriously they could have asked anybody and they would have gotten a legitimate answer of “no, don’t use it,” it looks like crap. Just another example of Google not caring because they have more money than god so they can get away with only hiring cs guys and not hiring legitimate user centered designers to help them with such an obvious release of a crapola icon. I am a user experience designer myself and I am shocked that this got released.
That’s exactly what i thought this morning when i turned on my mac. I though something was wrong with the visualization of the icons…. That’s why it doesn’t work.
I’m a creative designer, create and restyle logos is the most important thing of my job. And i have to say personally i never liked the too shiny, chromy, 3d, videogamelooklike old chrome logo. BUT PLEASE THIS ONE IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!
They had to change it but not that way! So google designers, if you are not able to find an identity that correctly represent your great web browser, please first find a good creative and ask him how to create a good logo. This one is simply not a logo!!!
Personally, I think the new logo looks infinitely better than the old one. It’s easier for the mind to recognize quickly, which is crucial for a brand. It’s not emulating shininess which is dumb in the first place, as things that shine in real life actually change, whereas an image of something shiny remains static. Also, it makes the logo more symmetrical, which is a plus in my book. Much sleeker, they trimmed the fat and brought it to 2011 at the same time. Nice work, Google! This is cool because it’s like the opposite of realplayer or something… like, what the 2000’s ushered in was a mistake, and it’s time to repent.
What? The old one looked so much cooler. The new one is boring and flat. Its not even shiny! Youd expect Google CHROME to be SHINY wouldnt you?
For sure, it looks disgusting!
I agree, it’s horrible and that’s not coz i just hate change. I regularly look forward to the beta updates. My main complaint is that it’s too harsh, there is none of the nice smoothness that i associate with chrome just this overly contrasting circle of colour. (end of rant) 😉
Hay! That’s my name! Anyway, I put the old icon on. You can get the older chrome at http://oldapps.com/google_chrome.php Right click on the app and click “Show Package Contents”. Go to resources. Swap the app icon and document icon (if you want) with the old ones. you may keep the new one if you wish.
I think it looks ridiculous. I’ve spent already an hour trying to find the old one to change it back, which is what landed me on this page.
I agree. Where is the depth to the icon? This is NOT an upgrade of any kind. I am beta testing this google chrome and thus far this is my only problem with it. Chrome had one of my “Best looking” icons on my desktop, now i’m going to have to hide it in a folder or change the icon myself because this is unacceptable. If you like this, go ahead and downgrade to windows 95′ and everything with be dull and lifeless for you.
WTF!!?!?!?!! dude that is sooo low effort in the icon. if anyone says this is cool needs glasses i mean wtf look like it went back to windows 3.1x where is the quality in the logo. like 2d piece of shit. sorry google some improvements are just not improvements…. why would you even bother changing the logo anyways thats like the least of anyones worries.
“oh the icon looks horrible maybe they should change it” NO may be ideas like adding more themes to the chrome to make it more customizable, more variety. make it more user friendly to be better then fire fox having an extension webpage where you can add your extensions and plug ins.
IF you were a daily user of google chrome what the hell would you want to see on it. well i would not have thought about the icon. pfft…. look at fire fox. you already improved the speed. updates. now top it off with customization.
So… you’re a troll.
Dear Johnny,
Not everyone who doesn’t share the same opinion as you are trolls. Thanks!
I agree, it looks terrible.
Yes, the old icon is nice and fancy, but all that fanciness magically disappears when looking at the icon in my start-menu and task-bar… this new one looks much better there.
Inside the Chrome app Package (right click on Chrome and check the resources folder.
this one looks much better than the old one. can we get the .icns file from anywhere?
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