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Google updated its logo and it's great, but the "L" is so badly hinted my eyes are bleeding (i.imgur.com)
over 9 years ago from César Migueláñez, Designer
18 comments
Jon Wiley, over 9 years ago
Hi. I lead the design team for Google Search. We're aware of this and we're working on a fix. Thanks for the feedback.
César Migueláñez, over 9 years ago
Thank you Jon, we really appreciate it :)
George Coltart, over 9 years ago
Yea, we can't have any more bleeding eyes.
Emil Bonsaksen, over 9 years ago
Of curiosity, how long do it take to roll out such changes — do you follow a predefined pattern for small iterations and bugs?
Kyle Conrad, over 9 years ago
Should've used an SVG.
Jeff Escalante, over 9 years ago (edited over 9 years ago )
Oh man, couldn't agree more. SVG with PNG fallback for IE8 and below. Who cares if IE8- users have a slightly slower load, they deserve it.
Not only that, but I believe Google's general support is for current browser generation minus one, so IE9 would be the last IE they "support."
Zach Hajjaj, over 9 years ago
Totally agree!
C___ F_____, over 9 years ago (edited over 9 years ago )
Thanks man, now that's going to annoy the shit out of me up until they decide to fix it.
Thanks a lot
Account deleted over 9 years ago Interesting that they’ll go for a scaled @2x PNG route for the logo, but other UI assets on the page are @1x only. Seems slap dash. Like it’s a prototype that went live accidentally.
But then it’s Google. Maybe they don’t care. Maybe a bit of design wonk, and a bit of extra bandwidth per visit aren’t big concerns for them.
Daniel Golden, over 9 years ago
Any google employees on DN that can speak to this?
Mathieu Mayer, over 9 years ago
Can't they use a custom font for modern browsers (with a png fallback)?
Ray Martin, over 9 years ago
You had one job, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson!
Mike Busby, over 9 years ago
I noticed this a while ago and it bothered me, surprised Google would let an issue like this go live
Casey Cavanagh, over 9 years ago
Thanks! Now that's all I can see.
Joe Turner, over 9 years ago
Interesting find. Love the new homepage. It's so clean.
Jonny Garrill, over 9 years ago
weird, the 2x version is fine – http://imgur.com/D8aRsal
Oh my, it's just a 2x version scaled down by the browser http://cl.ly/image/0e0M1b470d2u
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