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Does anyone know if the old Chrome [1] and Firefox [2] logos are available too? To be brutally honest 3D is better than 2D.

[1]: http://www.google.com/landing/chrome/ugc/chrome-icon.jpg

[2]: http://people.mozilla.org/~faaborg/files/shiretoko/firefoxIc...

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Damn, I'd forgotten how shiny that old logo is. I still love the old ones over the new.

I know it's kind of anachronistic, but I miss lickable UIs. Can we do super-shiny true 3D objects once we're done with flat? I want to see consistent lighting and envmapping across my entire UI, including icons, and icons actually being 3D objects that pop-out when you use a 3D display.

...I do not have good taste.

People already tried: http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/e17&l=en

I like that. I've always liked that idea actually.

it's cyclical, in 5 years flat will be passe

Of course it's shiny... it's Chrome!

Well, it's on github, you could look through the history, and eventually you'd find this:

https://github.com/paulirish/browser-logos/blob/17bbcde4c555...

Sorry, I meant SVG, not PNG.

I'm not sure if your really being "brutally honest" by stating an opinion. I personally think that the 3D logos look too busy / needlessly detailed, and I like the streamlined look of the new logos.

That chrome logo makes the new 'Minimal' logos look bad.

Oof. I must be in the minority here. That shiny, 3D logo looks pretty bad to me. Like, a 'New Super mario Bros' kind of bad.

Really? To me, that Chrome logo looks absolutely hideous. Are those supposed to be panels on the yellow section? Is it a UFO? Is the blue part some all-seeing eye?

Give me the minimal version, please.

It's a bunch of shiny chrome-plated panels, like you'd find on a motorcycle. The idea, if I recall, is that a browser (under Google's metaphor) is a web-navigating vehicle, and Chrome is some sort of stripped-down, sped-up, turbo-boosted chopper bike compared to the "pick-up truck" of Firefox and the "SUV" of IE.

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