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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 77 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

It's not even more aesthetic. Just more unified in branding.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 35 points 2 months ago

And the interface of their apps are still incoherent af. I don't know how, but they manage to make things worse every time

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, the old logos were all over the place. At first glance it’s not obvious they’re all Google apps.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And? All of those being part of the same walled garden is a bug in the legal system not a feature.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

Better be explicit about the walled garden rather than being diffuse about it

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago

To me, that's just the case for camera and calendar. Maps is IMHO perfect (except the unnecessary G) and the red-and-white envelope is quite well-known.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I think what really bothers me about the aesthetics is that the shapes are broken up by the coloration. For example, the pin icon for Google Maps looks almost like a hook, because the yellow has little contrast on this white background.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

And that’s why I don’t really hate it. I hate Google, but I think it’s a neat design choice. I still hate Microsoft’s icon design a lot though, they can’t seem to stick with one thing.