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kheang's avatar
kheang
Copper Contributor
Apr 08, 2019

Change Edge Logo

Well, Edge logo is too similar Internet Explorer. Average users do not know that Edge is a completely new browser. Better to distingish them better since Internet Explorer has bad reputation.

  • KoshyG's avatar
    KoshyG
    Iron Contributor

    kheang But you woudn't want to consfuse old users who think of getting on to the internet as clicking the E button waether it be Internet Explorer or Edge. I think having an E logo is Important to Edge.

    • Sebastiann's avatar
      Sebastiann
      Copper Contributor

      KoshyG I think confusing people into not knowing how to get to the internet is much much better than confusing people into seeing the "e" and thinking "oh hey that's internet explorer screw that". In the first case, the uneducated user complains to someone they know who is more educated like "hey where's the internet", and they'll get it explained, and in the second case they see the "e" and never want to touch it and go straight to chrome.

      • EbonJaeger's avatar
        EbonJaeger
        Iron Contributor

         


        Sebastiann wrote:

        confusing people into seeing the "e" and thinking "oh hey that's internet explorer screw that".

        Does this really happen, though? I would wonder. It's been four years, after all. I question that the logo has nearly as much impact on the average user as some people think.

  • 19lmyers's avatar
    19lmyers
    Iron Contributor
    Edge really needs a logo refresh to bring it in line with the Office / Windows iconography that's currently coming soon, but the core identity of Edge as the blue E should not change. Too many people see it as synonymous with the Internet.
  • Cameron_Bush's avatar
    Cameron_Bush
    Steel Contributor

    Maybe some day it will get a logo makeover like the Office Suite has had or even perhaps a gradient effect. However I don't think that's a priority at the moment and its change would probably only happen just before launch to make it more impactful. 

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