I think the system 1 icon is too similar to gitlab which is a shame since I like that one the best. I would like it as the default browser icon instead of a round icon.
Note that under both proposed systems, the icon of Firefox-the-browser would remain the same. The "Gitlab-like" vulpine logo would be that of Mozilla, whose logo is the "://" thing right now.
That "://" logo would be one year old. [1] And yeah, it does look stale already.
I appreciate thoughtful design, but IMO the frequency of redesigns of Mozilla branding/subbranding/websites/subdomains only communicates a sense of vanity at this point. The visual schizophrenia between trustworthy software developer and NGO doesn't help.
I think I might be the only person in the world that actually likes the moz://a logo..
But like most people say here, I am not a fan of the new system logos, but the system 2 browser logos are cool.
Mozilla's logo isn't changing. They want to add a new logo for Firefox, as a brand family. So the Fox-head logo would be used to identify the Firefox family of products, which they're saying they are going to grow.
You end up with a hierarchy like:
Mozilla -> Firefox -> Firefox Quantum/Focus/<insert new product here>
What's "not really a logo" about it? Is it because it's only a stylized version of the name? In this case, Coca-Cola probably doesn't have a logo either: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordmark
