DrGravitas Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Mozilla, evermore concerned with change for the sake of change, has decided its time to change its branding. They're asking for the community's opinions and frankly I find each of the designs appallingly ugly: https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/now-for-the-fun-part/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 They are pretty odd looking what ever happened to have a great minimalistic look that stood out all of these look like they were drawn by art school dropouts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaffel Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The open button recognizes all people. Including furries 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Ampers& Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Ok. One looks like Monsters Inc or a hardware company. Two looks like some stupid pretentious modern art that has NO MEANING. Three looks like a weird, gender sign or something? Four looks like an outdated computer company. Five looks like a slightly less outdated but still obsolete and useless computer company. And six appears to be a cats scratching post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Mozilla spends time on this kind of crap but hardly touches useful stuff like Shumway? Poo on you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 They're really after that hipster demographic with those ugly postmodern designs. Firefox- Chrome is just too mainstream! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Ugh, my god I hate crowdfunding design. I really do. No one gets a full scope of the project. No one understands what the brief is. And no one gives a shit about staying true to Mozilla's origins, but instead coming up with something trendy. Mother fuck. We get open "design calls" from lazy as shit contracters all the fucking time. "Just submit anything and we'll pick :DD" Lazy design is aggravating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, Socketosis said: Mozilla spends time on this kind of crap but hardly touches useful stuff like Shumway? Poo on you! Humorously, I got through reading 'use html5 to play .swf files' and my mobile browser instantly crashed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieono Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 They should go the Disney route and make something that is subliminally sexual. I always like stuff like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recel Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 42 minutes ago, Ieono said: They should go the Disney route and make something that is subliminally sexual. I always like stuff like that. I expect nothing less from someone posting of a furry forum. In any event, it will be fun to watch. It's like a mad scientist experiments, except there are no scientists. Just an earth quake shaking and pouring everything in the room together. I wonder what abomination will be born from such a scientific journey? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 does no one believe in preserving brand identity anymore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said: does no one believe in preserving brand identity anymore It's 2015! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 16 hours ago, Hux said: It's 2015! It's CURRENT YEAR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vae Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Jesus christ, those designs are ugly as sin. I don't know why they wanna rebrand when Firefox is one of the most popular browsers out there. Just throw an extra layer of polish on the existing ones, if you want them to look "current." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalletFace Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 On 8/22/2016 at 2:38 PM, Endless/Nameless said: does no one believe in preserving brand identity anymore I don't think it has ever been worth preserving. They used to have an actual logo, but it was and still is virtually unknown. Most major organizations/foundations/companies/whatever have a logo that a long-time user of their products/services/whatever can easily recognize. Mozilla products are more easily recognized than what the company used to have. As it is, this little fucker rests in obscurity. I can only find him being used right now for Mozilla Developer Network, which is a shame. Mozilla then went the route of just using their name, but I feel they really suck at it. They're somewhere between Yahoo and Fruit of the Loom when it comes to sucking at it. They just spam it wherever they need to be recognized. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I guess they needed to distance themselves from the copious amounts of firefox porn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalletFace Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 9 hours ago, Vae said: Jesus christ, those designs are ugly as sin. I don't know why they wanna rebrand when Firefox is one of the most popular browsers out there. Just throw an extra layer of polish on the existing ones, if you want them to look "current." What they're doing has a tiny impact on Firefox. The 'mozilla' text isn't really all over the place. Also, "To clear up one misconception, this is not a design exercise to replace the Firefox logo. Mozilla is the nonprofit maker of the Firefox open-source browser, yes... Our ultimate design for Mozilla needs to help tell the entirety of the Mozilla story." - Tim Murray, Creative Director at Mozilla The last time they completely replaced the logo was over a decade ago from an ugly phoenix back when it was Firebird, if I remember correctly. At most, the 'mozilla' becomes more colorful on the Firefox download page. 2 hours ago, Zeke said: I guess they needed to distance themselves from the copious amounts of firefox porn. I think they might have increased the number of Firefox mascots they have, so it seems they don't give a fuck. Also, they need to replace all of their mascots because they are awful. It is worse than the Barney costume - which was made by the same company - and that makes it even more sad. That crap is probably better for the company than the original concept; though, caricature does not have to be crap. Fuckin' furries. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 9 hours ago, MalletFace said: Thought I remembered that one. I like it, but it's a bit too much like a basketball team logo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Ampers& Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Socketosis said: Thought I remembered that one. I like it, but it's a bit too much like a basketball team logo. IIRC mozilla is actually based in Toronto (where that team is from) the plot thickens 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toboe Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 On 22.8.2016 at 6:32 PM, Socketosis said: Mozilla spends time on this kind of crap but hardly touches useful stuff like Shumway? Poo on you! Nah, the rebrand is a project for the "designers". Shumway would be something for the cool part of Mozilla and said cool part ist busy with Rust n Servo n stuff. On 22.8.2016 at 7:38 PM, Ieono said: They should go the Disney route and make something that is subliminally sexual. I always like stuff like that. Lets submit the rear of a red Panda as new maskot! (Failing that, a "normal" fox butt) 7 hours ago, MalletFace said: The last time they completely replaced the logo was over a decade ago from an ugly phoenix back when it was Firebird, if I remember correctly. And we found our new Phoenixed-Logo! btw: Quote Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/book/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 16 hours ago, MalletFace said: Mozilla products are more easily recognized than what the company used to have. As it is, this little fucker rests in obscurity. Exactly, this! Mozilla doesn't need a rebranding because their products speak for themselves. The whole rebranding effort reeks of desperation; of their new, clueless leadership trying to organize theur corporate strategy around some cut-and-paste plan from a business 101 textbook instead of effective stewardship of their existing products or development of true innovation. Their ineptitude at producing even a single workable logo is a fitting summation of everything I have come to hate about modern Mozilla. That fursuit concept art was cool, tho. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 They (finally) chose the least-awful design: :// :|/ :V It looks like a neo-sarcasm emoticon to me. Or maybe a half-hearted-sarcasm emoticon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Oh I thought it was a cheese pizza delivery company. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Coffeecup Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 All of the designs suck ass. All of them are aggravatingly poor. They look like 5minute doodles or mere first drafts of something that will never amount to anything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Endless/Nameless said: does no one believe in preserving brand identity anymore Coca Cola The sacred and eternal brand of which loyalties are made of On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Sidewalk Surfboard said: It's CURRENT YEAR Wait youre posting again? Welcome back I suppose o/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirRob Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 NO They needed to keep the lizard monster It's moZILLA I'm not just saying this because I want there to be more sexy lizards in the world 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, WolfNightV4X1 said: Wait youre posting again? Welcome back I suppose o/ That post was made in August. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 44 minutes ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said: That post was made in August. ...oh, well that explains it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshabi Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 On 8/22/2016 at 8:31 AM, Falaffel said: The open button recognizes all people. Including furries its a butt omg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 4 hours ago, Toshabi said: its a butt omg Are the arrows the butt and the vertical line the tail? If so, that's one stretched out fox anus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love the firefox fox. :c It is the furry browser. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 32 minutes ago, Saxon said: I love the firefox fox. :c It is the furry browser. Thankfully it's only the parent company's branding. The browser remains the same. Well, the branding of it anyways... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I use Mozilla, sometimes, but I noted it defaults to searching using Yahoo, or at least mine does. And I do like the cute fox aspect. But isn't Yahoo going out of business, folding, going ka-put, being shuttered, on the ropes, going under? What will Firefox use as a default search engine? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 39 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said: I use Mozilla, sometimes, but I noted it defaults to searching using Yahoo, or at least mine does. And I do like the cute fox aspect. But isn't Yahoo going out of business, folding, going ka-put, being shuttered, on the ropes, going under? What will Firefox use as a default search engine? DuckDuckGo is a good replacement for Google. I'm not sure why it only affects US users and non-Windows users. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, Socketosis said: DuckDuckGo is a good replacement for Google. I'm not sure why it only affects US users and non-Windows users. That one sees a lot of use here at the library. Huh, I wonder what the best search engine is for NSFW furry art. There's the real test. (Though much of said art remains hidden away, so to speak, from such searches) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said: Huh, I wonder what the best search engine is for NSFW furry art. There's the real test. (Though much of said art remains hidden away, so to speak, from such searches) ...That sounds like a niche that needs to be filled (along with other things huhuh). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vae Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It literally takes like a small handful of clicks to change your default search to Google or whatever the hell you want, and to remove Yahoo as a search engine from FF entirely. Unless you've clicked recklessly through a software installation and gotten the Yahoo toolbar malware. Which is a pretty common thing when people don't pay attention. As for why either of these is like this? I'm guessing aggressive advertising. Gotta pretend you're still relevant, even when you're not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Fossa-Boy said: I use Mozilla, sometimes, but I noted it defaults to searching using Yahoo, or at least mine does. And I do like the cute fox aspect. But isn't Yahoo going out of business, folding, going ka-put, being shuttered, on the ropes, going under? What will Firefox use as a default search engine? Mine uses Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 24 minutes ago, Saxon said: Mine uses Google. Cause you're on Windows and in the UK. :B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 51 minutes ago, Saxon said: Mine uses Google. That's odd. I thought Google and Firefox were enemies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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