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Anyone else seeing a new "favicon" for Google sites? (A favicon is the graphic that appears in your browser's location bar and, often, next to bookmarks.) It's now the second "g" in Google, with a light drop shadow -- as in this screen shot:
Is Google changing its brand identity?
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Comments (7)
Maybe it's a favicon beta? or a Mac thing? I just went to googl;e using firefox on my PC and its the same block capital G as always.
Posted by Jane Blumenthal | May 30, 2008 4:40 PM
Posted on May 30, 2008 16:40
I was noticing that too today (Firefox). Installed a few Google-related extensions earlier this week and thought it might be related to those, but I guess not!
Posted by Paul R. Pival | May 30, 2008 9:18 PM
Posted on May 30, 2008 21:18
A few other bloggers have noticed it, too... The new graphic looks nice, but very different after all these years. Could a change to the main Google graphic be on the horizon?
Posted by Ken Varnum | May 30, 2008 9:21 PM
Posted on May 30, 2008 21:21
It's final shown up in my browser, too. Interesting that it didn't appear everywhere at once.
Posted by Jane Blumenthal | June 6, 2008 10:34 AM
Posted on June 6, 2008 10:34
The joys of browser caching... I suspect most browsers don't check if the file's been updated all that often, since the favicon rarely changes.
Posted by Ken Varnum | June 6, 2008 11:24 AM
Posted on June 6, 2008 11:24
I wonder if it's a cosmetic thing because of the forthcoming Firefox 3? The tabs are now grey instead of white, which makes the favicons on the tabs look different.
(BTW, The block M used by lib.umich.edu, as it is anti-aliased against white, looks particularly poor in the new Firefox...)
Posted by Dave Carter | June 6, 2008 1:54 PM
Posted on June 6, 2008 13:54
Looks like it's official -- here's word from Google...
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June 6, 2008 9:12 PM
Posted on June 6, 2008 21:12