The original is objectively better.
There’s a lesson in here somewhere on why you shouldn’t make design decisions a public matter.
There’s a lesson in here somewhere on why you shouldn’t make design decisions a public matter.
I for one like the new logo - it's less staid, a bit more playful, and more indicative of Mozilla than the previous one (which was just the name rendered in some font). But that's a subjective opinion, and I'm not going to pretend there's an objective truth to it.
Wait a minute...
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/10/they-live-and-the-secret-hi...
They also based their new typeface Fira Sans off that original logotype, which is what they use to brand Firefox. So they also fragment that brand association.