Suggestions: Please, Please Change the new Logos Icon

Just saying the new three color icon is really distracting. It feels cluttered and busy. It would be great to have something more elegant again.

It also reminds me of the early days of computers when gradients were such low resolution you could see the colors progressing. Yes it looks like the Word icon (which also isn't great) but even that icon is less busy because it doesn't have the magnifying glass/cross icon laying across three color bars.

Would be a great surprise in an update to get back to the last icon or a new one that isn't so jarring

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Fábio Silva

To be fair although I think this wouldn't bother me to the point of writing a post complaining about it. But it does at first glance gimme the impression fo being pixelated and low res because of the sharp flag like horizontal bars, I guess what I'm saying is that the background of the logo seems to be tacked on as an aftertought and doesn't blend to the main feature of the LOGO.

That being said they could paint it pink with fluorescent markings and it wouldn't matter as long as the product is good

EDIT: Just realised that there are a few different logos, the specific one I'm referring to is the one in the Home Screen of the desktop app.

Love the design on the base packages though!

Samuel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128583#Comment_1128583

To be fair although I think this wouldn't bother me to the point of writing a post complaining about it. But it does at first glance gimme the impression fo being pixelated and low res because of the sharp flag like horizontal bars, I guess what I'm saying is that the background of the logo seems to be tacked on as an aftertought and doesn't blend to the main feature of the LOGO.

EDIT: Just realised that there are a few different logos, the specific one I'm referring to is the one in the Home Screen of the desktop app.

Yes, the one I'm referring to is the app icon on the Mac. Agreed it is a smooth upgrade and the reason it bugs me is because I spend so much time in Logos. It's a big part of my work day. But, as always, grateful for the tools and resources which help me do my work and dig into the Bible much more efficiently.

James Ogle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128583#Comment_1128583

I almost thought someone one was trolling, but then I thought people just complain to hear themselves complain. It could have been way worse this time around, for Logos 9, but it's been pretty quite. So for that I'm thankful.

David Thomas

Just saying the new three color icon is really distracting. It feels cluttered and busy. It would be great to have something more elegant again.

It also reminds me of the early days of computers when gradients were such low resolution you could see the colors progressing. Yes it looks like the Word icon (which also isn't great) but even that icon is less busy because it doesn't have the magnifying glass/cross icon laying across three color bars.

Would be a great surprise in an update to get back to the last icon or a new one that isn't so jarring

the 3 bands makes sense in PROCLAIM due to the “law of thirds” when working with graphics, but seems out of place in Logos (unless they are trying to replicate “going deeper”; which a gradient would better portray)

Samuel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128590#Comment_1128590

I almost thought someone one was trolling, but then I thought people just complain to hear themselves complain. It could have been way worse this time around, for Logos 9, but it's been pretty quite. So for that I'm thankful.

I can understand that, but in this case I only had two objectives: 1) make a suggestion and 2) see if I'm the only one that finds the new icon jarring.

Agreed other than that no issues so far other than an unplanned purchase! So far everything is smooth and I am looking forward to discovering the new features. I upgraded but haven't had time to look through the new stuff yet.

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128608#Comment_1128608

I can understand that, but in this case I only had two objectives: 1) make a suggestion and 2) see if I'm the only one that finds the new icon jarring.

I know you aren't the only one who finds it jarring (though it doesn't bother me personally). You might want to put up/vote for a suggestion to change it at feedback.faithlife.com. That would tell both you and Faithlife about how many of their customers are bothered by the new logo.

Mike Binks

BTW Anyone know why this comes in upside down?

Bill Cook

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128621#Comment_1128621

Yes, I too think the new icon is hideous. Perhaps a contest for a designer to come up with one that is more appealing... But, hey, I like the new functionality of the product. And, I agree, if it was a pink icon and chartreuse contrast and the product is great, so be it!

Levi Durfey

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128699#Comment_1128699

BTW Anyone know why this comes in upside down?

It's just you Mike--it's right side up for me--

Eli Evans (Logos)

FWIW, it's a brand tie-in with all the Faithlife products that have (green) tricolor bands. I'll pass this feedback along.

Mason Miller

I think the new logo looks great.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128945#Comment_1128945

I'm also fine with the new logo ... and have other things I'd rather Faithlife spent resources on.

Samuel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128930#Comment_1128930

FWIW, it's a brand tie-in with all the Faithlife products that have (green) tricolor bands. I'll pass this feedback along.

Thank you! No need to redo it--just having the old one back would be great

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129037#Comment_1129037

FWIW, it's a brand tie-in with all the Faithlife products that have (green) tricolor bands. I'll pass this feedback along.

Thank you! No need to redo it--just having the old one back would be great

Return your LOGOS 9 package and can keep the LOGOS 8 Icon.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129062#Comment_1129062

Or just use Verbum. It's much prettier!

Bob Pritchett

I'm sorry you don't like the new icon... it's an attempt to make clearer the family connection to all the Faithlife tools. You can see the icons lined up here:

https://equip.faithlife.com/

Our logo and icon have changed many times over the years, and each change feels weird and 'wrong' at first, until it doesn't.

I feel the same way about other companies' logos; it can be fun to search for 'evolution of <brand> logo' on the Internet, and see how much logos do change.

https://blog.logomyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/evolution-ups-logo.jpg

https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/a1pvg9/microsoft_word_icon_history/

Fun Fact: Our 'three color bands' for the Faithlife icons pre-date Microsoft Office's adoption of very similar four color bands by a year, as far as I can tell. Though I don't think they were imitating us, fun as that would be. :-) I think it was just "in the air", as so many design trends are.

Clifford B. Kvidahl

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129037#Comment_1129037

The icon could have been drawn by my 6 year old, just so long as the program works like I need it to.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129092#Comment_1129092

Like the new logo. Let's split the difference keep the three shades of color, and remove the distinct line that separate the colours. Let them fade gradually into each other.

JoshInRI

This whole string gave me a chuckle. [:)]

I will privately dance naked in a linen ephod (see 2 Samuel 6:14) if Faithlife ever commits to making Logos simpler and easier to use.

Note how underdeveloped the basic menu is or any of my forum posts for further discussion.

The style of the icon...really?

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129263#Comment_1129263

Note how underdeveloped the basic menu is

What menu are you referring to?

skypeace

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129281#Comment_1129281

If the logo of Logos was intended to fit in with the Faithlife family of products it is a fail. Just make it three shades of green and be done with it.

I was excited by the release of Logos 9 but I have to agree with the Original poster that it was a bit of a let down and a concern when the logo first appeared. True that it is not that important of an issue, but it is also true that it is a bit tacky. Shalom

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129382#Comment_1129382

I worked in advertising for a time, not terribly long... But my job was making logos. So I tend to notice logos more than most.

I like the logo.

JoshInRI

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129281#Comment_1129281

SinNomine. Jesus gave me a complete makeover when I was born again.

Thats what Logos Bible software needs too, from the ground up.

I was referring to the menu that comes up when you start the program. Some would argue that its left as is and not changed much because it allows users to add things etc.

I feel those at Faithlife should get a couple of new users eager to use the software in a round table discussion and then video capture just how difficult the software really is to do even the most basic things.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129601#Comment_1129601

I was referring to the menu that comes up when you start the program

I'm sorry but I don't know what menu you are referring to. Please clarify - ideally with a screenshot

David Thomas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129601#Comment_1129601

the menu that comes up when you start the program.

But users have MANY different layouts when they start the program.

May you be referring to the HOME PAGE?

Josh Hunt

I agree

Josiah Young

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129092#Comment_1129092

I kind of like the new logo [:)] I wonder if perhaps a better question would be why Logos is still blue when all the rest of Faithlife is green? Kind of sticks out on the equip page since it is the ONLY one that's not green. It otherwise blends in nicely and does seem to help with brand cohesion.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129263#Comment_1129263

The style of the icon...really?

[:D]

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129601#Comment_1129601

I feel those at Faithlife should get a couple of new users eager to use the software in a round table discussion and then video capture just how difficult the software really is to do even the most basic things.

I used to agree with you, a simpler UI version. And I still agree with you, both the desktop and mobiles really aren't marketable to the broad Christian membership. At church, intro'ing a FL product to a younger person is easy .... the problem being what next. But older folks, OT, etc are the choices to avoid being killed and chopped into little pieces. One at a time. Smiling .. older folks don't appreciate stupidity.

But the FL train has left the station. Keeps the Spokane folks' families well fed and happy.

Josh Hunt

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130210#Comment_1130210

People likely feel the same way about Photoshop. Still it dominates the photo editing space.

(‾◡◝)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130248#Comment_1130248

Perhaps after the splash screen icon design is settled we can get back to some truly important issues like "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" or maybe "Can God make a stone too big for Him to lift?". There is just so much to do ... [;)] (Remember POE - it's the law!)

Ron Ferguson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129092#Comment_1129092

I for one like the new Logo, always nice to see change sometimes. Another user responded the most important is the program itself and working properly and I also have had no issues with the upgrade.

Great Job FL, you've done a great job again.

Tony Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129092#Comment_1129092

I noticed this on the icon in iOS devices. I like the icon (I like any icon change, it means upgrade!!!), but there is a slight artifact in the iOS icon. I have circled it in green. Looks like a faint white line runs along the top and bottom of the icon. Shows on an iPhone X and an iPad Pro.

And Bob, thank you for what your company contributes to the study of God's word. Someone should write a book on how common grace intersects with technology (I think Tony Reinke is working on something like that for release around 2022). But someone should at least write a chapter on what Logos has meant for people for many years, and hopefully many years to come.

George Simopoulos

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130285#Comment_1130285

I rather like the neapolitan style logo. It's the same aesthetic choice Microsoft has chosen for their office suite and I think it keeps things fresh. We are fickle creatures and in a constantly changing digital environment, not keeping up with design updates can make your product look outdated and undesirable.