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[-] WorldlyIntrospection@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

Can we make up our minds, please?
In the 90s-2000s we had these shaded, almost 3D icons everywhere. Then we transitioned to a flat, minimalist style.
Give us something new and exciting instead of capitalizing on "retro nostalgia"

The 2000's were very...amorphous. Like, remember the Cingular Wireless blob dude? Or the MusicMatch logo? Not the black and white jagged thing, the orange blob and blue bigger blob? And how all personal electronics were strange plastic shapes painted silver and purplish-blue? And the world hadn't gone insane yet?

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 6 points 1 year ago

The world had gone insane, just in less malicious ways. Blob dude, for instance.

https://youtu.be/9uX_kAIkikQ

[-] platysalty@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I was like "what new logo?". I remember when the 2D logo was new and the 3D one was old.

[-] OdinsonThor@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 year ago

I think I actually prefer the simplicity of the old one. In general, I find logos with too many textures a little distracting or "noisy"

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] FairLight@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

The new one looks like a serious downgrade, imo

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Yup. I don't like it.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

As a longtime android user, thank God they're finally listening and focusing on the most important problems!!!

[-] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bottom: RTX off

Top: RTX on

[-] faltuuser@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Is this serious?? Or is this a meme??

[-] sup@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I might be in the minority, but ignoring the actual design, I'm hopeful that the trend of flat design is coming to an end. Wasn't really a big fan of that.

[-] knaugh@frig.social 11 points 1 year ago

I'm with you, but it is a bit odd for android given the push for material design

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I like skeumorphism done right over material design (the trend of making everything into basic shapes makes me attribute to graphic designer laziness over anything).

BUT, I wouldn't want it to be like fashion where every 2 years it flips between flat, simple, material design being what's hot then the next two years, complicated and glossy icons become the norm.

[-] Bakeri666@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Giving up on Material already? But we are only half way through the You upgrade.

I get the feeling Google aren't very joined up

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

What has Google ever done to make you think the left hand knows a right hand exists?

[-] qtie314@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

Not really into the 3d aesthetic sorry, still too 2010ish for me

[-] independantiste@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

This leads me to think that Google is planning on an AR/VR product like the Vision Pro and so they want to make 3D icons and UI elements more prominent (to make the transition easier, the same reason we had 3D icons at the start of computers and smartphones as well), kind of like what Apple did in the last 2-3 years with their new Icons (like on MacOS, they added back a lot of depth with Big Sur)

[-] kingthrillgore@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They aren't. They literally just axed their third go at an AR product.

[-] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Are we going back to older, more detailed logos?

[-] devious@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I don't know how I feel about the move from a flat logo back to the old shaded, gradient 3D look, but I am definitely a fan of the font!

[-] Yubishi@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

What is old is new again.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

I prefer the flat looking one. Never liked skeumorphism icons.

[-] PrincePew@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's actually a lot better :/

[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Hopefully this is a sign that the boring flat designs are on their way out.

[-] dekatron@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I kinda like it, and hope we see more of this. Maybe skeuomorphism is not the best idea for UI elements these days, but for things like icons it makes perfect sense.

Many apps in iOS still use beautifully detailed icons which make for eyecandy without sacrificing functionality.

[-] LeHappStick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We are back to 3D logos? nice

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

I love it! Its cute.

[-] quortez@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Are we really going for a revival of 00s skeuomorphism? ๐Ÿ’€

Change for change's sake. Fucking typical of Google, a terminally mismanaged corp if I ever saw one.

[-] darkevilmac@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure what you mean by this. I'm sure Google has issues but companies changing their design language to match current trends isn't exactly a unique Google thing.

[-] isdfoa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a fan, especially the eyes got more personality to it

[-] imrichyouknow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The new logo looks pretty good, the color in this particular picture looks off though.

[-] xxferf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€

[-] mannycalavera@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Is this official? Not sure about this.

[-] lightrush@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Did we have to put it on the face of the community? ๐Ÿ˜„

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