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[–] [email protected] 193 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

As will any moz://

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months 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...

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The flag looks a bit like a disgruntled goose.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Because they don't have money

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Nobody needs marketing people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The font doesn't look too good

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

As not a calligrapher, I agree.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does the flag look like a chicken to anyone else?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

He's back from the dead!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Thanks, now I can’t unsee it.

TBH, it’s better as a chicken

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Also hier soll das neue eingebettet sein

Und das ist das alte

Das neue ist hässlich

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Should've used Papyrus

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

What a complete waste of everybodys time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The flag looks like Nepal's flag.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The only REAL Mozilla logo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why did they copy i3?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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.