Google changed the Chrome icon in the latest dev build

It does look a little crappy at 32x32, but hey - it is the dev build. I expect that it'll be cleaned up before it hits general use.

Also: linking to a comment way down the page? Bad form.

It's not bad. I like the simple design of it.

The previous logo had some details that got lost at smaller resolutions and the icon itself was kind of a nondescript colorful futuristic object. This one looks more like an icon and doesn't leave me asking, "What is it?"

I just noticed it this morning. I saw my dock as and thought “What the hell happened to the Chrome icon?!”

The new icon is really terrible. It might look okay at 256×256, but the tiny little 48×48 taskbar icon looks like a child drew it in MS Paint. It is by the far the ugliest icon I have on my taskbar, desktop, and start menu combined.

A mock-up was linked on HN a few days ago, it was quite close to the real thing. I still think non 3d-logo's look really ugly on the OSX Dock. (another example: Handbrake.) Ah well, replacing the icon is easy anyway.

Definitely a good idea to change the icon. The old one looked like an evil robot eye. Not the best imagery for a company trying to convince everyone they aren't an evil robot...

I wonder if it's supposed to make it clear that it's a dev (i.e. unpolished) build rather than the stable one.