*sigh*

[aletheiafelinea]

Google has 'improved' its logo.

I hate it.

That's all, thank you for attention, proceed with your day.

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[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

I know a popular Doctor Who line which can be useful in such cases: "You've redecorated? I don't like it."
Why?

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

It fits into the current trend of design which I hate in general. Before that, layouts competed in being as 'real' looking and 'palpable' as possible - buttons popping out at you; transparency, shadows, simulated reflections and glassy surfaces everywhere; soft edges and rounded corners; fotorealistic/hyperrealistic ornaments and gradiented backgrounds. Sometimes it was overdone, but I liked it much better than what we have now, which goes opposite - all hail minimalism! Painfully bright plastic colors rather than pastels and nature-like tones (which actually is not exactly minimalistic approach, too, if you think about it); sans-serif fonts (that's actually one thing I can appreciate a little, but not in Google logo and generally not in HEADERS and MAIN TITLES, unless they have a reason to aim at 'blocky' feel); huge, empty, wasted spaces (that's rather my beef with sites having some actual content, especially in gallery views; Google's main page always has been this way, and in their case it's not a flaw); buttons becoming nothing more than a patch of color with no contour to make them out from the background (daltonists and those with less contrasted monitors must be really happy); straight-cut shapes with sharp edges and right angles (oh-so-innovative and famous 'tiles', argh); written labels discarded in favour of pictograms that often are obvious only to their designer; fotorealistic details banned as mortal sin and replaced with 'flat' vector graphics in the most simplified option of thereof... Altogether it makes the effect of a kindergarten toy, a big and plastic one. I may be wrong, but I think it began with Windows 8, and other software and websites follow it now. And I hope fervently it's just a phase, a fashion, the sooner gone, the better. And the irony is that it only is supposed to look minimalistic, in fact being far from it, because it's inexplicably more demanding for browsers than the previous loaded (and even those overloaded) with details layouts were. Partially to blame is a sub-trend in this trend, that is all this floating-and-unfolding-upon-hovering, which is not so bad idea if applied carefully, but also not exactly older-browsers-friendly...

It's not like I say Google's new logo checks off all these boxes, but it's just another site that's gone W8-ed. And this makes me want to strangle someone. Preferably this genius at Microsoft who first said "Hey, let's make it totally different! What usability...? Oh, who cares. And esthetics? That's the point! We'll make new one! *insert mwahaha*" Well, as far as I'm concerned, you can shove your 'esthetics', Microsoft. :P

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

written labels discarded in favour of pictograms that often are obvious only to their designer; fotorealistic details banned as mortal sin and replaced with 'flat' vector graphics in the most simplified option of thereof...

This!! But I like my Windows 8...

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Life would be easier if I could like it too...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Did you ever read, or do you remember my post on my Wordpress about it? Here you are again, just in case:
https://jaymountney.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/falling-in-love-with-windows-8/#comments

My old Compaq is being resuscitated by my son in law because I had problems with the Lenovo - it has no inbuilt mic - it should have, and they say send it back and they'll sort it out but to allow a month... do without for a month??? And remove all my sensitive stuff first??? I think not. So I thought about an external mic and there's no portal because of course there's an inbuilt one, except that there isn't... I need to use Skype, particularly for learning Portuguese but for all sorts of other things too, and am hoping that my Compaq will cope.

I might have to pay for Windows to be reinstalled - I didn't use it for months, it rejected my password and went to a default password which I didn't know and they couldn't tell me. Microsoft are mad, bad and dangerous. Anyway, Andrew says he can install 8.1 or 10 - no other options, which, considering I am paying for it is annoying. So I might have to go for 8.1. I'm not touching 10 - in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them. WFT??? The nanny state is with us and its name is Microsoft.

Actually, I don't have any illegal programs - I used to have a pirate copy of various things on the Compaq but only because the first crash and the filter-clean wrecked stuff I had already paid for. But it's the principle of it all!!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Ah, right! I think I've read it and forgot. I guess I'd get accustomed to 8 if I had no other choice, but as for now, my curiosity ("What can be so hard in shifting to new software, anyway. Not the first and not the last time in life. Let's check it out!") in matter of minutes turned into one of greatest software disappointments ever. I find it very counter-intuitive and seems like most effort was invested into hiding everything. I'm waiting anxiously for 10 and next ones. I hope they will be more to my taste.

in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them.
...?! Oh, come on, you must be kidding, Microsoft...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

OTW FanNews 30 August 2015

http://transformativeworks.org/news/otw-fannews-staying-vigilant

The Daily Dot reported on an alarming development connected to Windows 10's End User License Agreement. "Microsoft won't hesitate to make sure the programs and games you have installed on your computer are legitimate, and if not, it has the right to disable them." The agreement includes preventing "unauthorized hardware peripheral devices" but who determines legitimate use could be a problem.

They are clearly hand in glove with TPP and TTIP. :(

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

This. Is. Wrong. On. So. Many. Levels.

And how are they going to guarantee me this legality detecting whatnot of theirs never mistakes? Knowing how such things tend to work, it will block honestly paid things because they were outdated versions it couldn't recognize or whatever. Meanwhile, I'm sure pirates will be finding a way to slalom around it in matter of days after every update, at worst. And I wish them fair winds.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a preference, but Google are incredibly good at fixing things that were working perfectly well. Even better than LJ. I find it annoying! If the new sans serif font had been the original, would we have objected to a change to serif? I suspect so, because we get used to something and we like the familiar. There are ways and ways to 'improve' - for example, Firefox has enhanced the detail on its fox and I think everybody likes it.

What is the Disqus thing? I clicked and ended up having to load LJ again.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Google are incredibly good at fixing things that were working perfectly well.
This, so much.

If the new sans serif font had been the original, would we have objected to a change to serif? I suspect so, because we get used to something and we like the familiar.
Most certainly. *g* I wasn't so much in love with the old logo in the first place (though I'm a long-year fan of their general idea of themed logos now nad then), but I was used to it. Also, my main reason for hating it is that it fits in a bigger trend I hate. Read my reply for Alumfelga up there, please, if you want details.

Firefox has enhanced the detail on its fox
*goes to check* Yeah, evolution without revolution, simplified without destroying. I've never been that big fan of the browser itself, but I always liked their icon.

I clicked and ended up having to load LJ again.
You mean it crashed your browser? Sorry about that. :( Disqus is a network-ish system letting you comment in different places (anywhere the site's owner has installed it) from one account, so you don't have to log in different commenting systems, and you get notifications that someone replied to your comment even months and years later. That's the theory at least; in practice it has its quirks and flaws as everything, but as long as it works as supposed, and as long as you're careful how you log into it (don't let it know about your fb and such), it's okay. Also, comparing to other systems, LJ including, it has a very convenient editing. Alas, it's rather demanding for browsers, as in: won't run on anything below IE9 and its equals. The link leads to the copy of this post on my Tumblr, which I have, among other reasons, to let people comment on my entries. That is, those people who can't do it on LJ, which apparently is really whimsical for some, sometimes even if they have accounts here. That's why I've got myself a Tumblr with Disqus attached to it. It's just another option for commenters to choose from.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Well, I use Firefox and Chrome, and Windows 8 and don't have a tumblr. It wouldn't let me out so I had to do a hard shut down!!!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. I don't know what happened and how to prevent it in future. :( I hope it's just some temporary bug. However, does it mean you can't visit any site having Disqus? That would be very bad news, since Disqus seems to be increasingly popular. Or maybe it was something with my Tumblr theme regardless of Disqus... I'm puzzled.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Probably a disagreement between LJ, Tumblr, Disqus, Firefox and a recent Windows update. I shan't worry - but I did wonder what it was! Now that I know I don't need to click on it...

[riath.livejournal.com]

So do I. I open up Google and that stupid drawing hand is so distracting. ><.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, the animation is only on regional pages. Google.com hasn't been using commemorative logos for some time (though of course that new general version is everywhere already...). If you want to get rid of that drawing hand, try to go to the worldwide version and block the redirection. Granted, Google keeps making it harder and harder. Coming to think of it, it's their only constant...

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

It is very disconcerting to have a hand waving around on the Google screen, then writing all over it ...

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

I think it's temporary, just their way of making sure everybody notice the change. :P The worldwide page hasn't this animation; only regional versions use special logos these days. Of course, we still have to live with the new general logo, international page or not... Anyway, if you block redirecting to your regional page, you will at least get rid of this animation. Although blocking the Google redirection is quite a feat on itself, grr...

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

Think I'll put up with the wavy hand rather than attempting to block anything Google, I'm not a masochist ...*g*

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Hehe. *g* Thankfully, the animation is no longer there, at least on my regional page. I hope yours is already okay, too. :)

[luckweaver.livejournal.com]

I actually quite like it, but then I quite like Sans Serif/matching things. But it does seem a little like change for the sake of change.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Well, for me it's already too much... And it was just the last straw on camel, sort of. I explain more in comments above.