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Title: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Hamilcar on September 04, 2015, 05:11:29 AM
Is this what it's like to be old?
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 04, 2015, 05:13:26 AM
It is indeed deeply offensive  :mad:

Signed : Richard Hakluyt aged 58 and 3/4.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Liep on September 04, 2015, 05:30:07 AM
I agree and I think so.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: celedhring on September 04, 2015, 05:31:34 AM
I can't deal with it.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Monoriu on September 04, 2015, 05:46:15 AM
Their old and new logos are fine.  But I hate it when companies change their logos.  Logos should be forever. 
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Warspite on September 04, 2015, 05:55:46 AM
It's not really offensive, but it is weirdly child-like. It looks more like a brand for toys than an information company.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2015, 06:06:43 AM
New Verizon logo is even sillier.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on September 04, 2015, 06:35:30 AM
I don't like it either, Slargos.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 04, 2015, 06:39:53 AM
I don't get the Slargos gag.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: The Larch on September 04, 2015, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: Warspite on September 04, 2015, 05:55:46 AM
It's not really offensive, but it is weirdly child-like. It looks more like a brand for toys than an information company.

I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one who thinks that it looks childish.  :lol:

I guess that they have so much money and are so powerful so they are beyond having to project a "serious" image, and can get away with wanting to seem non-threatening.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2015, 06:48:59 AM
Serif font = serious, sans serif = childish?

Ok ...
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2015, 06:55:32 AM
But yeah, I like the new logo. Looks clean and slick.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2015, 07:01:11 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2015, 06:48:59 AM
Serif font = serious, sans serif = childish?

Ok ...

Well clearly it isn't that as many logos are sans serif.  That said, I do think there is something to be said about the decrease in complexity if people know you for a serif logo and you move to a sans serif. Naturally feels more simplistic at first.

Eventually though, everyone will get used to it and forget all about the archaic logo.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: DGuller on September 04, 2015, 07:07:11 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2015, 06:48:59 AM
Serif font = serious, sans serif = childish?

Ok ...
What does "sans serif" mean?  "Without serif"?
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2015, 07:11:08 AM
Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2015, 07:14:57 AM
Quote from: DGuller on September 04, 2015, 07:07:11 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2015, 06:48:59 AM
Serif font = serious, sans serif = childish?

Ok ...
What does "sans serif" mean?  "Without serif"?

Really?
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Hamilcar on September 04, 2015, 07:15:29 AM
I shot the serif.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Caliga on September 04, 2015, 07:32:22 AM
I agree with the Carthaginian.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: lustindarkness on September 04, 2015, 08:35:32 AM
I just don't like change, but by tomorrow I won't care that they changed it.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Tonitrus on September 04, 2015, 10:30:25 AM
They recently upgraded to Office/Outlook 2013 at work.  It makes dealing with email terrible.  :mad:
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Liep on September 04, 2015, 10:32:44 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 04, 2015, 10:30:25 AM
They recently upgraded to Office/Outlook 2013 at work.  It makes dealing with email terrible.  :mad:

We just got Office 365 and it's integrated with our intranet (complete with half the links going to old intranet server and not Microsoft's sharepoint). :mad:

Down with the new!
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: Brazen on September 04, 2015, 10:50:54 AM
It's one step from Comic Sans. Which is worse than Hitler.

I especially hate the G in browser tabs.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on September 04, 2015, 11:07:48 AM
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-you-hate-googles-new-logo

QuoteWe loved the old logo, and we loved what Google was. Whatever it's up to, whatever its intentions, Google should want to keep our love. So in the name of love, Google, give us back our serifs. Let this sans-serif building-block refrigerator-magnet silliness be the New Coke to your Coke, the Qwikster to your Netflix, the Freedom Tower to your One World Trade. Go back to your beautiful old serifs, and we'll be that much likelier to let your self-driving cars drive us around.

:)
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2015, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Brazen on September 04, 2015, 10:50:54 AM
I especially hate the G in browser tabs.

That's actually the part that really bothers me.
Title: Re: I don't like the new Google look
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2015, 11:11:23 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on September 04, 2015, 11:07:48 AM
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-you-hate-googles-new-logo

QuoteWe loved the old logo, and we loved what Google was. Whatever it's up to, whatever its intentions, Google should want to keep our love. So in the name of love, Google, give us back our serifs. Let this sans-serif building-block refrigerator-magnet silliness be the New Coke to your Coke, the Qwikster to your Netflix, the Freedom Tower to your One World Trade. Go back to your beautiful old serifs, and we'll be that much likelier to let your self-driving cars drive us around.

:)

:lol: