The details such as ears, whiskers, nose are way too small. They're hardly recognisable on a mobile device, app icon wise.
I love the app but the new icon / logo not so much.
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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100% agree. I really enjoy the app and Kuro has done amazing work, but this logo misses the mark tbh. I'm definitely no graphics designer (just someone who knows enough to make shitty memes), but the alignment is all over the place with this logo.
I thought it looked a bit weird when it was more symmetrical but this is another version and I'll let you judge. (
In my opinion, that's way better dude.
Haha, this is why I'm not a designer!
Much better, but for the purpose of visibility I think the ears and nose should probably also be cutouts, not edges.
Often things need to be off center, and not perfect circles because of how humans perceive things... But here it's is really flawed, and doesn't look good or professional at all.
Damn, I knew the mouse face looked odd.
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As a graphic designer I do agree. If the makers of the Connect app wish I'd be more than willing to help them with a new logo. It's not a bad concept per se, just needs some better execution
Hi, I'll send you a message!
Sounds good!
I only noticed the mouse when I saw the logo in this thread. On my home screen it's barely noticeable. I do think there's something to the idea of hiding it in there somehow, but it could use some refinement.
I was kind of surprised by the logo after the update, as it looks very similar to the Covid warn app from Germany: https://www.coronawarn.app/de/
I think we are ok. From what I could find, lemmings are not a carrier of COVID-19, thank goodness. ("Lemmings with COVID" are not to be mistaken for "COVID lemmings". I think that was some anti-vax slang.)
The absolute worst they can host is the bubonic plague, so we are fine. There is nothing quite like a morning bleed out your eyeballs to perk you up!
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The German Covid app logo looks much better than the Canadian one, which is just the Maple leaf being attacked by grey triangles.
O think it looks a bit weird, I don't really care about adding a lemming to every lemmy app icon but I think something like this would be a bit more interesting.
That looks great. I'll try making a rough draft of a digital version tomorrow.
The new update RULES. The UI is just souch more polished and I love the blue implementation for NSFW (in lieu of bright red call-out). Also you implemented the tap to u hide and tap again to rehide! THAT WAS MY FAVORITE FEATURE some other apps had!
Connect has beeny fave since I found it and it just keeps getting better, thanks so much.
Honestly, the old app logo was better. This doesn't look professional.
This. The new logo looks horrible!
The idea is nice, but the execution is awful. E.g. why is the center of the C so skewed?
I hope it's not some situation where the Devs girlfriend created it, and he doesn't want to change it because of that and we will be really stuck with this... ruining the app a bit.
Haha, I have no one to blame but myself unfortunately! I did make a change to the inner circle of the C making it less skewed based on all the feedback.
There is a mouse in it. And yeah, I liked the old logo better too.
Congrats! I really appreciate how responsive and attentive you are with the community, pumping out fixes and feature updates basically on the fly. I don't mean to simp, but I just want you to know it doesn't go unnoticed, even if some of us are consistently posting about something. 😅
Really great app. Notifications are still iffy sometimes, but everything else is fantastic
I'll take a look at notifications! I know the current implementation is pretty simple.
Thank you so much. Just so you know, your app is the only app beside Voyager that got the access to notifications right. I love how when I click on a notification, it takes me directly to that comment. No other app does that, and I really appreciate it.
I'm liking the new logo change and it's impressive how feature rich the app is after only two months. It's my favorite lemmy app.
The idea is fine, the execution has lots of room for improvement.
When I moved over during the Great Migration, Connect pretty quickly emerged as the best app for me, and honestly it still is.
Congrats to the best Lemmy app!
Unlike the app, the logo isn't great. Old one was better but understand the desire to change it.
Thanks for your work on the app and being responsive/implementing suggestions.
I think it could do without the mouse, but other than that it looks much much better
Congrats and happy birthday! I left Reddit during the blackout and your app made the transition way easier, thank you so much for this. I like the concept behind the new logo and I'm happy to see it evolving in future updates, cheers!
Amazing. Older logo looked very.. uninspiring.
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This is an improvement though!
Doing great! Also love the new logo.
The old one felt too much like a mobile game logo
To me it felt like a news site logo or something made before 2014.
Thanks a lot for all the hard work! It's a really great app I quickly grew fond of.
I don't understand anything about logos and graphic but for sure I can say I love your app. The few beers I offered you aren't enough, I hope you can put it on your resume and find a stellar job lol
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Congrats, great App and dedication! Boom!
Just a heads up, getting a lot of freezes and crashes post update.
Love the app. Hoping for an instance migration took more than a new logo. Keep on pumping out the great work
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