Google: someone had to say it

[Chris Maunder]

I can't handle the new font. I'm not saying the old logo[^] was much better, nor the spelling[^], but I keep hovering over the logo expecting to see a tooltip that explains that the logo celebrates kids books. Sorry. :sigh: For an animated history of Google's logo just do a Google Search[^]. Clever chaps.

cheers Chris Maunder

[Lost User]

Chris Maunder wrote:

I can't handle the new font.

I updated my Nexus 7 to Android 5.1.1 a couple of days ago, Google is still in the old font at start up. Looks much better than the new shite. Gay is the word I think you are looking for to describe it.

Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

[OriginalGriff]

Michael Martin wrote:

I updated my Nexus 7 to Android 5.1.1 a couple of days ago

Which version is the Nexus 7? And if it doesn't give you loads of grief, can you let me know? When I put it on my 2012 version (the one with the single camera) it locked up often, reset itself frequently, and was a general purpose Elephanting PITA. I went back to 4.4 and it's been fine since.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Chris Maunder wrote:

I can't handle the new font.

First world problem. :) /ravi

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[Pete OHanlon]

It's fair to say, Google's use of the word isn't the first time this spelling was used. Google was used as the name of a bun by Enid Blyton in the Faraway Tree. Link[^]

[Lost User]

OriginalGriff wrote:

Which version is the Nexus 7? And if it doesn't give you loads of grief, can you let me know?

Got 3 x Gen I and 1 x Gen I with SIM slot. All running 5.1.1 though not being used extensively. The Missus just plays shite games on hers, both kids had to get iPad Airs for school. I have the SIM slot one and it sits in my work bag and comes out when I have to check something that the phone won't do for or I want to piss about myself. <EDIT> I had upgraded to 5.0.2 then 5.1 prior to 5.1.1 and they all seemed to be fine. </EDIT>

Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

[kmoorevs]

I don't like it either. Seems like they are drinking the kool-aid of minimalist design (flat/ugly) like MS! But...it's still free, and my search engine of choice. :)

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

[Amarnath S]

... shrink it to 305 bytes in its special variant[^]. And the best way way they chose was to - 'Remove all serifs'.

[9082365]

It is seriously scary :~ that you know that!!!

[MarkTJohnson]

Almost like they (Google and MS) are trying to go back to Windows 1.0.

[dandy72]

The Bing font hasn't changed in quite a while. Just sayin'... :-D

[Pete OHanlon]

It really isn't. I read the books to my daughters when they were younger.

[hakahme]

"Minimalist" - has the lowest common denominator ever been an improvement? X|

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." - Isaac Asimov

[bryce]

Michael Martin wrote:

Gay is the word I think you are looking for to describe it.

interesting. coz gay blokes generally dress better that straight blokes

MCAD Sometimes in life we need a hand.[^] ---

[Espen Harlinn]

Chris Maunder wrote:

I can't handle the new font.

It looks kind of 'metroish' ...

Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Powel AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

[jarvisa]

I think the manufacturer of these fridge magnets should sue for breach of copyright. http://www.creoff.net/static/img/labs/screenshot_fridgemagnets.jpg[^]

[Gary Wheeler]

It's difficult to believe that a not-small group of adults masturbated together for over a week on that logo.

Software Zen: delete this;

[MKJCP]

Ewww. So that's what the "goo" root of the word is. But this makes sense since the webs is so much mental masturbation.

[bkebamc]

It's worse than that. Having contemplated Rothko, my conclusion is that someone intended for the thing to cause eye pain.

[Old Ed]

Gay? As in happy/excited or attracted to fonts of the same type? All good either way.