Timeline for answer to Logo updates to Stack Overflow's visual identity by Andreas Rejbrand
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| yesterday | comment | added | Delioth | It is a little wild that they appear to have removed what little trace of color there is from the actual website, only to add that color back but only in the favicon... exactly the wrong single place to bring that color back, especially with how the color scheme (at least in my eyes) is associated with one other particular site (and how many folks use SO at work, where that other site shouldn't) | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Andreas Rejbrand | @Kyle: I actually made the exact same observation! This icon is very likely to be interpreted by my brain as having the stacks non-centred because of my glasses and their chromatic aberration. Actually, if I move my head right and left, while keeping my eyes on the icon, the stacks are animated sideways. Pretty cool, actually. This would be a nice physics demo (but it's not a nice favicon IMHO). | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Kyle | Ack why is it so far off centre... oh wait that's the chromatic aberration on my glasses. I hope, anyway. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | marts | This is what made me look up this post. Unbelievably bad favicon. I think they made it in darkmode only and never tested light themes- this is becoming more common, unfortunately. | |
| Feb 25 at 18:51 | comment | added | TrueWill | Even in Chrome, the favicon is so ugly that I moved it to a folder. SO has lived in my Bookmarks Bar for years; no more. :( | |
| Feb 25 at 15:49 | comment | added | voided | @DhairyaKumar Mostly it’s that they don’t want to have to deal with the different colour pallets for the various themed sites, and that they don’t see it as a priority, if I remember correctly. | |
| Feb 25 at 11:27 | comment | added | Dhairya Kumar | I never understand why the dark mode is only avaliable on the SO Stack. Any reason for it? | |
| Feb 25 at 9:49 | comment | added | Resistance Is Futile | Yes, the colors are awful. The whole design is horrible. | |
| Feb 24 at 20:58 | comment | added | DBS | @Robotnik What do you mean, when they polled the community last year and gave us the deeply meaningful choice of "dark text on bright orange" or "dim text on brighter orange" we all clearly voted for option 1. /s | |
| Feb 24 at 19:27 | comment | added | voided | @Robotnik Shocker, that. | |
| Feb 24 at 19:15 | comment | added | Robotnik | Its almost like they didnt listen to the feedback on the colour scheme at all 🤔 | |
| Feb 24 at 19:03 | history | answered | Andreas Rejbrand | CC BY-SA 4.0 |