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[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 193 points 1 month ago

I have to admit, I really don't like this. The old logo looked pretty neat and the "://" part was a stroke of genius.

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 88 points 1 month ago

The moz://a logo is really genius. I wonder if their current leadership is so incompetent that they don't even understand the :// part of the logo...

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago

I think that question can be answered by the recent horrible series of decisions by them. Mozilla really has been captured by the roots of enshittification at this point.

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.org 59 points 1 month ago

They even implemented it in Firefox: moz://a redirects to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

As will any moz://

[-] moonlight@fedia.io 38 points 1 month ago

I 100% agree. I don't mind design refreshes. I think I'm in the minority of loving the current Firefox logo.

But this just sucks. They really took their unique, clever wordmark logo (but still very modern and minimal!) and replaced it with a bland, trendy 2022 typeface.

I know this is super petty, but this might convince me to find another password manager and method for syncing tabs. Might try librewolf, too. Rebranding invites users to re-evaluate their view on a brand, and mine isn't changing for the better.

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I remember the first time I saw the :// thing I felt myself having a little design-gasm.
This doesn't touch the same spot for me...

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The new logo sort of looks like a white flag. It symbolizes the fact that Mozilla has just completely given up by now.

[-] ramenu@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

The flag looks a bit like a disgruntled goose.

[-] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

I mean, if the intention is to reflect the utterly bad decisions Mozilla has made, this new logo would be spot on

[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 32 points 1 month ago

Ew the new one sucks. Why can't they spend the money that they have on important stuff instead of changing logos every couple of years? Uk, considering that their funding is going to dry up because of the Google anti trust case?

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Because they don't have money

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why do companies constantly feel an urge to update their logos? I see this as marketing teams needing to show they are doing something so they come up with a "project" and then convince the management it's necessary...

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Nobody needs marketing people.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Because the CEO is probably having an existential dread crisis and needs to do something about it. So he fucks up the logo because he can, and fuck you. Now watch Mozilla ads from their newly acquired Ad company.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

The font doesn't look too good

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago
[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago

and not Zilla Slab (which even had an opentype feature to replace “Mozilla” with “Moz://a”)

[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I do like the new logo, but it is a bit sad to see the :// gone.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Coincidentaly :/ is the symbol for "a bit sad"

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

Am I the only one who only sees a pitch black image?

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure it's black on transparent. Not the most visible, especially if your client makes the background black.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

I switched to light mode to take a look at it and now I can confirm it looks absolutely terrible.

[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 10 points 1 month ago

Can confirm, it looked better as a pitch black blob.

Ugh. Requiring your users enable light mode to look at an image is just cruel and unusual punishment...

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You, my friend, are a truly unsung hero. ❤️

Also, damn, that's an ugly logo...

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

As a calligrapher, this is not pleasing to look at. Far from it.

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

As not a calligrapher, I agree.

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago

Does the flag look like a chicken to anyone else?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's probably supposed to be a Godzilla-like creature.

[-] data1701d@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago

He's back from the dead!

[-] halm@leminal.space 10 points 1 month ago

My thoughts exactly. It's an underwhelming throwback in exchange for the pretty clever moz://a pun.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks, now I can’t unsee it.

TBH, it’s better as a chicken

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Fuck you, Mozilla, it's uglier and tells less about your core product, which is also the only thing you have that makes people tolerate your other stupid decisions.

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also, fuck your "a" in that font. I'd punch that fucking glyph in the face if it spoke to me on the street.

[-] xryx@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I'm right there with you. Although I might not wait for that glyph to speak 😜

[-] harl3k1n@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

Nope. I mean I don't really care. But it definitely doesn't appeal to me.

[-] moontorchy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

What other problems left to solve? Right, let's change the logo.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also hier soll das neue eingebettet sein

Und das ist das alte

Das neue ist hässlich

[-] mygoodsir@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Great sign that organizational resources are being arranged into a pointless circlejerk safely removed from browser & Thunderbird development, or finding opportunities to monetize that aren't products nobody asked for outside the nonprofit corporate bureacracy

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

I feel like we were just getting used to the old new logo?

It's possible this new logo is only for using next to other brands.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Should've used Papyrus

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

What a complete waste of everybodys time.

[-] owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

The only REAL Mozilla logo

[-] mandip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The flag looks like Nepal's flag.

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Why did they copy i3?

[-] Mixel@szmer.info 1 points 4 weeks ago

Is that last resort of mozilla foundation. That is futile. Every new update from then enshitify firefox also if google won't be able to pay browser owners to be default search engine, mozzila will drown without that money.

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