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March 16, 2011

New Chrome Logo

The latest Chrome Dev Channel release comes with a new Chrome logo that's more plain and boring, but looks better as a desktop icon. Even if not many people will switch to a different browser just because they don't like the new logo, Chrome lost some of its magic by switching to a visual identity that's no longer vibrant and picturesque. Here's the new Chrome icon:



... and the old Chrome icon:





There's also a new logo for Chromium, the open source browser that powers Google Chrome:

{ Thanks, Kuba, Stefan, Dani, Daniel and Cameron. }
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  1. Andrew RabonMarch 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    IMO looks 1000% better.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    That loooks terrible.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    the big icons looks ugly and is not the original.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    The first image of the new icon you posted does not match the actual new icon, which at least has some shading. The one you posted is just flat, solid color.

    The new one (with shading) look much better imo.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    I disagree, I think it looks much better. Besides, your full-size version of the new logo is incorrect, no idea where you got it from, but the colours have no shine and there are no midtones as in the real logo either.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    Good one trying to make the logo looks worse with your first image...

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  7. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    The actual icon looks 10 times better than the old one!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Seems you are in the minority cause I also think that the new one is far better. It looks more smooth and friendly in my opinion.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    way better

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  10. LocutusMarch 16, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Why'd you post the wrong picture? :O
    (I'm kidding--I'm sure it was an honest mistake.)

    I personally really like the new icon (not the one at the top of the page though).

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  11. HburgerMarch 16, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    I know many of our reactions will be 'it's new therefore I don't like it', but, well, I dont know. The new Chrome logo loses it shine on my dock. It doesn't stand out anymore. Hmm :/

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  12. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    http://chromestory.com/2011/03/google-chromes-new-logo-now-in-the-dev-version/

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  13. Ákos SzederjeiMarch 16, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    The old one was waaaay better.

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  14. UnknownMarch 16, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    It looks very much like an Android icon, probably what they were going for. It's good that Google is creating a universal identity.

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  15. Contact InformationMarch 16, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Still looks like a pokemon ball...

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  16. cgrimes5March 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    This new icon also has the implication that the average RGB color automatically selected for the background of button on the Windows 7 taskbar is now red instead of yellow. I feel like it is now easier to read text on top of this color.

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  17. David EldridgeMarch 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Yuck! I really dislike it.

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  18. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    I really dislike the new one too. Looks sad to me.

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  19. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    it's looks like downgrading instead of upgrading.

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  20. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Hmm... I think side by side on the Windows 7 taskbar, the new logo doesn't look as nice as the current logo but on its own I think it looks nice.

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  21. TimMarch 16, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    The new icon, in your dock, looks like a silly cd. Lame.

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  22. JamesMarch 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    lame. lamey lame lamer. The old one suggested there was an evil super-genius transforming robot inside with an all-seeing eye of cold blue intelligence. Or at least a Pokemon.

    The new one is flat and boring like a tacky 1982 sit-and-spin neglected on the balcony of the neighbor below you in the apartment complex.

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  23. Andrew RabonMarch 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    It's important to realize that the new icon also fits in with Google's new wave of icons for its various services. It's flat, soft, colorful but subdued.

    Compare to the new icons for services shown here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

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  24. Andrew RabonMarch 16, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Specifically from that page, the new icon matches:

    Alerts, Blog Search, Books, Checkout, Custom Search, Directory, Earth, Finance, Google Health, Images, Maps, News, Patent Search, Product Search, Realtime, Videos, Web Search Features, Code, Labs, Blogger, Calendar, Docs, Groups, Gmail, Orkut, Panoramio, Picasa, Picnik, Reader, Sites, Talk, Translate, Voice, Mobile (and related), and Pack.

    It's important that Google creates a cohesive brand between services. Unfortunately many of those icons aren't actually used on the sites themselves, which is a shame.

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  25. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    It's joke, isn't it?

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  26. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    ugly design!

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  27. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    early april fools... nice try google.

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  28. Mike NobodyMarch 16, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    Ugly design. Too retro, and not in a good way. What is this? 1983?

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  29. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    I second that - UGLY design...
    Old one was much much MUCH better :(

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  30. Andy LMarch 16, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    I prefer the old logo too!

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  31. Jay Leonard SchwartzMarch 16, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    Twas time to migrate away from the Pokemon enthused.

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  32. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    Agreed! Less Pokemon FTW!
    Could be better with a small drop shadow so it doesn't seem so flat next to the other icons on the win taskbar.

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  33. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    While I agree that the icon could look better as a desktop icon, as a windows tray icon it is really horrible :s. Please, google, add a 'labs' plugin to change it back! :D

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  34. lyesmithMarch 17, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    I agree the new logo is to flat. Now it looks like a sticker.

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  35. LexMarch 17, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    Boooooring

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  36. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    I hope that this is a joke, but it seems to be real. Sorry, but the new logo is very ugly.

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  37. Joris WittemanMarch 17, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Plain awesome. I think it's a winner. Couldn't go down from the previous logo anyway.

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  38. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 3:10 AM

    The new icon is ugly !

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  39. N.P.GarnerMarch 17, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    They're competing with Internet Explorer 9 for the title of worst browser icon.

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  40. ChichiMarch 17, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    I guess most will prefer the old logo, but it never really was a logo to begin with.
    :)
    The new logo, is bland, but I like. Simple and to the point.

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  41. Irving BriscoeMarch 17, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    Anyone want to play simon?

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  42. ClickMarch 17, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    Primitive

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  43. timbMarch 17, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    Much better, and it represents a positive change for Google design services. They're not trying to do something "cool" anymore (that in reality looks like sh*t) but instead using something that fits the medium. I can only compliment them on this.

    People saying they "prefer" the old one think that logo design is mostly a subjective matter. It is not.

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  44. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Go back to your school and give back your diploma.

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  45. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    I really like the newer icon. Very much like a logo. I think design lately has been trending toward simple lines and flat solid colors because we have so much visual noise that our eyes are drawn toward anything simple for relief.

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  46. UnknownMarch 17, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    Hmm... not bad. I really like the old one, but the new is nice too. No complaints here!

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  47. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Less is more, said Mr. Mies van der Rohe. Very nice redesign, warmer feel and no GLOWING/SHINY stuff. The older one looked like a damn Transformer.

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  48. Jacob GroßMarch 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    http://prntscr.com/1n3v3 <-- the right is for canary build, I'm sure!

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  49. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Great looking new design, I love it

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  50. Saidul IslamMarch 17, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    old one still looks better

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  51. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    I like the old one, it looks nice on my mac near other browsers, whose icons are 3D as well.
    New one would look to out-of-place.

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  52. MartijnMarch 17, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    I don't like it, really..

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  53. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    still looks like a pokeball

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  54. Stirile ZileiMarch 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    The old logo looks more futuristic. I think the new logo has no personality, is like it's made with no resposability.

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  55. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    I like new logo. Chrome - the simple way.

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  56. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Here is the next logo (before the final two concentrical circle logo): http://img232.imageshack.us/i/nextchromelogo.png/

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  57. sulfideMarch 17, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    i like the old one better

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  58. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Yes, brilliant! How do I get it?!? I updated chrome but no dice :(

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  59. arslionMarch 17, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    awesome!!

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  60. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    The new icon is way better!

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  61. jekaderMarch 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Don't like the new icon as well as all the new "clean and simple" icons google has recently introduced.

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  62. LucaMarch 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    wow The new one it's excellent per Windows 3.1 ....
    This is useful....
    You have a great change for gDocs icon but this is terrible.
    It also looks like Picasa icon ...
    WHY you do this????

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  63. RoryMarch 17, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Sweet... but I don't think it needed it really

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  64. Marco MetinMarch 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Don't like any of that.

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  65. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    PS.: ( L I F E L E S S )

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  66. PaulMarch 17, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    Chrome has lost it's chrome... now with 100% less reflection :)... but I think it's a better logo, easier to brand and integrate.

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  67. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    I hate how goolge uses all four colours (green, yellow, red, blue) in their icons. chrome, picasa and the search icon. I change their icons so my taskbar doesn't look like a christmas tree

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  68. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Much better icon ! Old one looks like some low level designer playing with photoshop...

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  69. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    The new logo is ugly and boring, me no like.

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  70. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:52 AM

    Another one from scratch within 15 minute - it's looks better at reduced sizes.

    http://img15.imageshack.us/i/nextchromelogo2.png/

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  71. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:58 AM

    Anonymous said...
    Much better icon ! Old one looks like some low level designer playing with photoshop...

    No! It IS the "new"!

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  72. MichaelMarch 18, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    If you look at other Google product icons, the new Chrome icon as that same look.

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  73. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    dam, the new one looks awful :(

    the old one WAS so gooooooooooooooooood

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  74. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    I prefer the new one.
    :)

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  75. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Hate the new icon. Can I switch it back to the old one?

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  76. sacoleiroMarch 18, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    The new one looks simpler and faster! I think that's what they want to communicate.

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  77. SilviuMarch 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    No offense but I like more the old one. I do not know why but I like it more. I can not say that the new logo is ugly cause is not!

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  78. Era BrownMarch 18, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    old is better.

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  79. RaspoMarch 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    The new one sux!
    Are you blind?

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  80. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    It's very awful... It looks like a draw for children

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  81. El CabroneraMarch 18, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    I prefer the new one.
    The new is like dog shit on the sole of your shoe.

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  82. El CabroneraMarch 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    I was being sarcastic!

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  83. El CabroneraMarch 18, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    And stupidly realistic!!!

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  84. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    new logo looks terrible

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  85. BloggerMarch 19, 2011 at 6:48 AM

    That's better!

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  86. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    the logo looks BETTER! I love vector art, and glossy crap gets seriously old sometimes. although I really wish the browser itself would change dramatically WITH the icon so it fits the icon style.

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  87. ShaneMarch 19, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    The new logo looks like a flying saucer. Dung icon that people now have on the Desktop.
    SHAMEFUL!

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  88. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    The Old one is more effective than the New one. Larry Page, when will you ever learn?

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  89. Isha ShiriMarch 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Google Chrome can offer two options: old or new. - It would be a cool idea choose which logo to use on the computer.

    I think the former more elegant.

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  90. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    The new logo(s) = UGLY

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  91. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    downgrade

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  92. Mike MillerMarch 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Definitely a downgrade!

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  93. Why changeMarch 21, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    Indeed, with the mania of graphic modernisms, they will ruin the Chrome logo.
    There are people who, just to justify a high salary, begins to invent and spoils which took several years to earn a Mark of Prestige...
    It would be like changing the logo from Picasa or Google: we look and there is no need of subtitles.
    A BRAND takes many years (with luck and in rare cases, a short time) to consolidate. And even today you sell products/articles because of the symbol/mark/badge/logo, rather than by quality. Just let us remind, brand clothing, shoes, watches, wallets, perfumes...

    Nobre Luso in "Revolução Digital" (http://goo.gl/gSeeL)

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  94. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    the new logo is crap! I like the older logo much better. I understand they want the logo to represent minimalism but the old logo represented Innovation. Personally I liked the old logo. it was stylish, cool. The new logo could have been made in about an hour and a half or less just playing in illustrator.... the old logo however took some skill.

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  95. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    Google has offered "back to beta" logos for other products, it'd be frikin sweet if we can enable that in chrome!

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  96. Dennis ReldoffMarch 21, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    I just love looking at the pics and tips on your website, Thanks again for sharing your wisdom!
    Tri-Fold Brochure Design

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  97. AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    dude, its about "be original", check the other icons, all of them 3d, and with effect and stuff... they are doing a minimalist style, that not bad, maybe it lose that "aggresssion" it had, but i like it like that ;P

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  98. AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    I think one way to improve the new icon would be to revert it back to the old one, which has more effect and correspond more to new application icons these days which all include effects and 3D looks

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  99. AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Look at this: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1251/chromenewlogo.png

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  100. National Institute of StatisticsMarch 22, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Look at this chart that is intended to represent the current global barometer of appreciation of the new logotype:

    Acceptability of new trademark logo

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  101. Acceptability of new trademark logoMarch 22, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    National Institute of Statistics

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  102. Jason ShaoMarch 23, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    wow... this icon looks epic!

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  103. DriesMarch 23, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    I can't say I like it just yet..

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  104. Soloren2001March 23, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    I hate the new Google Doc icons. They are so flat and uninteresting (they used to be so beautiful!)

    The New Chrome logo is not as bad but also degraded...

    What's funny is that currently Google is running ads for Chrome on this page (at meast for me) and the logo is even more metalic looking but doesn't have the perspective effect (it's view from the top straight on, like the new logo). When compared, the new logo looks really lame next to it!

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  105. Soloren2001March 23, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    The only thing that I didn't like about the old logo is perhaps the center of it. It's looked like and computer eye or something... Like Hal. And it looked ominious. Now it doesn't look like anything. So it's not as bad. But it really lost any personality.

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  106. RickyMarch 24, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    (HORRIBLE !) In win 7 at the task bar.. definetly will change it.. thanks to those artists at Deviantart..

    To Google : What were you thinking !! It's already a Pókeball.. try to think something different !!

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  107. AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM

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  108. UnknownMarch 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Old logo is back!

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  109. Alexandr No.UMarch 25, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Afraid not. We will have to carry up with the crap this new logo.
    In fact it is rejectamenta.

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  110. GooMarch 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM

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  111. GooMarch 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    It's like this shit above.

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  112. NazMarch 25, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Looks like a colourful donut, to me please bring old logo back. It's more eye candy.

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  113. AnonymousMarch 25, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    This logo actually made think about switching back to firefox! It looks almost embarrassing on the win7 taskbar

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  114. najmieoMarch 25, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    the old logo had no logic to it.. a polished, bad idea.. no meaning to the circlethingy, blue-, red-, yellowthingy.. and now it's just a plain, bad idea.. does bring focus to the issue, though.. chrome needs a proper logo.. how about 5 arbitrary rings in different colors?.. ah, right.. already taken.

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  115. UnknownMarch 26, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    IMO the old one looks better! :)

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  116. rohitMarch 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    new logo design is good..but i have got used to the old one

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  117. Timtim17March 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    i'm on the dev channel 12.0.712.0 and it looks like NO new icon

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  118. Agat@March 28, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    nice and fresh new design :)

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  119. AnonymousMarch 28, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    The new logo is flat. The old logo had a "chrome-like" appearance. The new logo does a very poor job of illustrating the concept.

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  120. Trendis JakeMarch 28, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    In my opinion is the biggest mistake that Google going to do about the new logo.

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  121. Aidan RossMarch 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Google Chrome is the old icon.
    The new icon pretends that's Google Chrome...

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  122. ZovidaiMarch 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM





    New Chrome Logo

    Do you like Google's new Chrome logo?

    What do you think of Google's new Chrome logo/icon?

    Conheça o novo logo do Google Chrome



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  123. AnonymousMarch 29, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    New is Terrible

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  124. iisthphirMarch 30, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    I prefer the old one
    and as far as i can see the picture above is how the new icon looks. If you look closely there are midtones and a little bit of shading in the picture above.

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  125. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    I prefer the old one. Please don't change it ;(

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  126. wahyuMarch 31, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    i prefer the old one, it looks better !

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  127. marquee rental limerickMarch 31, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    i don't really think it makes much difference, it is only a minor alteration and the identity has been preserved, so it is still unmistakenly chrome

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  128. Custom Logo DesignApril 3, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Its extremely wonderful and nice "New Chrome Logo".

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  129. Timtim17April 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Never mind about my other post. The new logo is back.

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  130. PrabzApril 9, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    I already got the old logo back, within 5 minutes of upgrading.

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  131. ChainykApril 13, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    omfg so ugly ...

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  132. Jon LeviApril 13, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    I'm really annoyed about the new logo, and I don't even use Chrome! So here's a way for Mac users to get the old logo back.

    1) Click my name, or paste the following url:
    http://www.mediafire.com/?5rpmuk6jn75ze
    Download the files app.icns and document.icns.

    2) Find Chrome in your applications folder. Right click on it, and click 'Show package contents". You are now inside the Chrome application.

    3) Enter the folder 'Contents', then 'Resources'. You should see two files called app.icns and document.icns.

    4) Drag the two files you downloaded into this folder, replacing the existing ones.

    Enjoy! You will probably need to restart Chrome to make the old icon show up on the dock.

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  133. NathanApril 16, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    I want a Mac computer!! You are so lucky to have a Mac! :) Also I don't like the new logo as much as the old one either.

    Nathan

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  134. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    i noticed the chanced icon this morning... it was def the old one last night... why the change? it is os UGLY now! it looks FLAT...

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  135. ekkisApril 27, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Thank you Jon Levi! the new icon is pathetically ugly. I've gone back to the old one!

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  136. Alan / FalconApril 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    I was not pleased when my logo automatically updated itself in my dock when I started Chrome this morning. Yuck.

    Thanks for uploading the old icons, Jon, I've already updated back to the old icon.

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  137. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    Looks childish like IE9's logo.

    I mean, it's better in a branding sense, but it's still FUGLY.

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  138. JorisApril 27, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Looks terrible in my dock. Maybe for a Windows computer it looks ok, but on a Mac all Icons are 3D-ish.

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  139. UnknownApril 27, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Agree, new icons are very ugly. Especially the small ones, which have some crappy feel because of the white ring in the middle.

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  140. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    How is this new simple gradient logo anything to do with chrome? ...looks dumb

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  141. karthikophobiaApril 27, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    Me no likey

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  142. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    In the world of technology, and this shall probably always be a rule,
    It is the survival of the shiniest.
    And chrome has produced a less shiny logo, and will see a decline.

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  143. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    How does this logo have anything to do with chrome? - they should change their name to 'google matte finish'

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  144. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 3:17 AM

    It is quite awful... I have to say. All of the Mac Dock icons have a "3D" sort-of-effect, now this one's the only one that doesn't...

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  145. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 4:39 AM

    "People saying they "prefer" the old one think that logo design is mostly a subjective matter. It is not."

    Twat.

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  146. Alonso MartinezApril 28, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    For me that i use Mac OX and Windows 7, would personally have the old Chrome in OS X since looks very bad the new one, unlike the Windows 7 doesnt look as bad as it does in Mac.

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  147. Simon StrandgaardApril 28, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    where can I vote against the new logo? the old 3d logo was way better than the new flat logo which looks rather amateurish.

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  148. MoniqueApril 28, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    I hate this new icon. It's so flat and boring. I also bought a shirt with the old logo on it because I was such a fan. Now that shirt is obsolete!

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  149. JCMOApril 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Ewwwww... is this some kind of joke? The old desktop icon looked fine and now it's all just ugly. At least outline it or make the colors darker.

    Starting up firefox...

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  150. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    I'm just saying that the people who say the first image is wrong are horribly mistaken, first of all, icons are actually sets of different size images, Google could make the icon turn into a duck at 64 by 64 resolution if they wanted to, but even so this is not the case, the large image has just the same amount of shading as the small icons, which is why you think it is flat, because there is almost no shading. Personally, I prefer the old icon, the new one just seems to childish.

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  151. Kieron CrawleyApril 28, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    All Global ICT companies now "update" their logo regularly - it creates a subliminal impression of "progress" that distracts us from the increasingly worrying erosion of personal privacy

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  152. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    I hate the new icon, looks horrible in the Taskbar dock. BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN!!!!!!

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  153. Daniel ShamburgerApril 28, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    I, personally, like the previous better. It's more 3d looking and glossy, making it look good among the other icons on the dock.

    If you want to switch back to the old icon on a Mac, here's how:

    -quit Chrome and remove it from the dock (put it back when complete)
    -locate it in Applications folder
    -right click and select "Show package contents"
    -open "Contents"
    -open "Resources"
    -remove the app.icns file (put it somewhere else so you can restore it later if you want)
    -replace it with this: http://www.danielshamburger.com/app.icns
    -all done!

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  154. Daniel ShamburgerApril 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Also, chrome (as on a car) is bright, shiny, and decorative, which is like the old logo and unlike the new one.

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  155. Daniel ShamburgerApril 28, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    I do have to agree. It matches Google's other designs.

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  156. SeanApril 28, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    @Jon Levi : Awesome cheers. Or you can just use your Time Machine backup to get the old icon:
    1) Navigate to your Applications folder
    2) Click Time Machine icon on menu bar > Enter Time Machine
    3) Go back +2 days
    4) Right-click on the Google Chrome application icon choose 'Get info'.
    5) Click on the icon in the top left of the info panel cmd+c copy it.
    6) Cancel out of Time Machine
    7) Select Google Chrome in the your Applications folder
    8) Right-click and choose 'Get info'
    9) Select the icon in the top left of the info panel and cmd+v to paste the old icon over the top
    10) Close the info panel
    11) Quit and restart Google Chrome

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  157. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    New logo sucks. Old one is much better and prettier.

    There is a petition at this address:

    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/change-the-google-chrome-icon-back/

    Check it out.

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  158. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 2:23 AM

    THE NEW ONE SUCKS!! X( 1 step forward, 100 steps back in appeal. BRING BACK THE OLD AND BETTER ONE !

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  159. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    the new logo sucks. look like 1987

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  160. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    SUCH A TURN OFF, BORING AND PLAIN. I GOTTA ADMIT THAT I M EVEN TEMPTED TO CLICK ON THE FIREFOX ICON NOW LOOOOL

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  161. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Looks too much like the picasa icon

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  162. DesignerApril 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Another testament that google's branding is not built by their logo designs.

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  163. HPerezcanoApril 29, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    it's awful!!

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  164. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    can i get old logo?

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  165. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    new logo sucks.... it somehow updated itself n i looked at my taskbar logo n i was like WTF man

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  166. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    New Icon of google chrome isn't looking good.
    Firefox much better to see it.
    ld google chrome logo is better than new one,
    better change it.

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  167. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    It's shite

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  168. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    Really love the new logo. A touch of class in all it's simplicity in my opinion

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  169. KallikanzaridMay 1, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    God, does it suck!

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  170. SimonMay 1, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Yuk. Its rare to see a multinational company make they're products look worse. So well done google, you've made an ugly icon. Time to stop joking around and make a good one. I mean, if I wanted to live in 1982, I'd invent a Time machine.
    I couldn't think of a way to make Chrome more repellent than to use this crappy icon daily.

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  171. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    So ugly, I hate the pastel look. Needs more of that 3D shine that it used to have.

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  172. YavorMay 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    All of you who don't like the new logo just like modern design, shadows, blur... but one logo must be simple and light!!!
    The new chrome logo is just what the logo should be - simple, light, stylized, classical.
    To all pseudo designers I'm just saying: Go to play MarioBross and don't touch graphical design anymore!
    Please!

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  173. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    The new logo looks good on Windows, but in the Mac shelf looks rubbish.

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  174. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Looks like the cheapest and nastiest piece of crapola in my dock - shame on you Google, you've screwed up this time.

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  175. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    it sucks big time

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  176. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    I spotted that something wrong happened on my desktop and I was wondering whether it has been always ugly or not... As I started to use Chrome just because its design, I am disappointed now. It is so flat. Where is that vibe Chrome wanted to present? Is there a way I can change an icon on my desktop according to my taste, so back to the old logo?

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  177. KamjahMay 1, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    not cool... its look like a virus! :)

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  178. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    I thought something was wrong with my computer when I first saw it. It truly is a horrible logo, a real abomination.

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  179. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    I think its extremely ugly and it looks misplaced among the other logo's who have been made with more shading and detail.. It looks like a 10 year old did the new chrome logo in paint... Sadly I seldom dislike new logos and for my most used program to warp back over a decade in logo-design is just sad.. Could've just settled for some less gloss on the old one instead.. Guess I will have to get a program to change dock-icons since it just annoys me.. :(

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  180. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Old logo still had some life left in it. Even though it is just a logo/icon I still felt it was quite satisfying to click the old logo - after a recent departure from Firefox which seems to have become quite ill recently.

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  181. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    WTF was wrong with the old logo?! This one is quite boring and flat. Also, when standing directly by Safari in the Dock it looks like hell by comparison without the highlights and reflections on it…

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  182. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    I thought it was a virus when I first notice this logo.. The new logo is awful.. really..

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  183. Vlad M.May 2, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    so boring and flat, looks weird on my windows 7 since all my other pinned logos are 3d, even the windows ones, this one looks like it was designed by a 5 year old

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  184. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    It's dull, it's sad, it's greyish, it looks boring.
    For me it's definitely lost the charm of the old 3d one.

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  185. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    The new logo looks horrible!! How can anyone say it looks better than the old logo?

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  186. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    First time it gave a impression of a scam browser... Very flat logo... Disliked it...

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  187. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    it's ugly. we're moving into a 3d and google goes 2d, hello flatlanders.

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  188. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    it was much much much better before...i hate this new icon...it's too simple...the old one was soooooooooo much better...they should change it back...imo the new one looks shitty

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  189. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Google Chrome... Isn't the logo supposed to look chromed?

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  190. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    new logo is ugly. i liked the 3-D, shiny logo that just made chrome look pristine and above all others. Now its just some flat logo that looks like a Simon game board

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  191. MichaelMay 3, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    i thought my computer was screwed up when the new logo updated itself. Why in a world of 3D movies and Transformers would we go back to some 2-D, straight line logo that looks like a Simon game?

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  192. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    Why take a sexy 3D logo and ruin it with something so plain. Boooo!

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  193. JarekMay 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    disappointed with new logo... the old one was heaps nicer...

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  194. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 12:12 AM

    LOL yall mad.

    The new logo is much better. Nice and simple.

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  195. John DMay 5, 2011 at 3:56 AM

    Good grief... What a bunch of reactionary children (on the whole). The old logo was ridiculous. As mentioned it looked like something out of a Transformers movie.

    The new one is nice, clean and simple rather than looking like a 'logo' that a 13 year old boy would design. It actually looks like considered branding as opposed to the result of someone's first day playing with a 3DS Max trial.

    For all the talk of things being cutting edge and contemporary 99% of opinion on the internet is based on people hating any form of change.

    Get over it

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  196. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Google is trying to copy Internet Explorer making its logo 2d but both of IE and Chrome new logos really suck

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  197. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Like it. Now it have identity. Shiny logo is impersonal.

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  198. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    new logo is soo boring...on desktop..
    old one was lukin more to d technology..
    now its lik new product, juz started 2 get modified.

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  199. AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    It doesn't really affect the speed of the browser so it doesn't matter for me. I actually like the new one more, its more simple.

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  200. AnonymousMay 12, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    anybody who says its good is a yesman....it looks terrible!!! its crappy and losts its look and glamour...now im ashamed to have chrome >:(

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