My series of responses within the span of 30 minutes:

* "It looks like fridge magnets for kids! I don't like it; the iconic lower case g is gone cause of designers obsession of san-serif == modern."

* "Glad that they continue to embrace their playful culture tho."

* "You know what, it's growing on me."

* "Haha, they tilted the e, how cute. Oh god what is happening to me!?"

* "Geeze, how old is Google books? They haven't even updated the logo!"

nah, i still prefer the old one. I've been looking at the new one for a week and I don't see it as better or worse. Just different.

I'm not sure if you're using the same definition of "dated." Of course, once the logo has been changed, the old one is objectively dated, in the sense that it has been discontinued as of some previous date. I think the other commenter was claiming that, on its own, the previous logo did not look like it was an old logo only appropriate for a previous era.

(a) It still shows the old logo on Google.de

(b) The new one looks overly simplistic – and too geometric. It ignores the lessons typographs have learnt in centuries. Usually, you want glyphs that look balanced – the new logo does not look balanced.

Actual honest question: what does it mean to "use a logo for a week"? I don't understand what I would do to "give it a day," unless you just mean wait and see how I feel tomorrow.

what other secrets from the future can you share with us since you are privileged to live inside the source of all knowledge?