I’ll be real, this looks really outdated and not in-line with iOS design language.

It looks like old Google Material Design stuff from 2014-ish. I’d love for an updated logo in-line with more modern iOS design language, something like Ivory or Mlem’s.

Either way I think the previous icon was more distinctive and more recognizable, whereas this one feels like an icon that was purchased in a pack, and not one for iOS apps.

Dear @gkd@lemmy.ml,

Feel free to read all this and think about it, or to disregard it all as the ramblings of a crazy man. Please realize this comes from a place of REALLY LIKING this app and certainly not from a place of malice!

I hate to be the asshole who hasn’t contributed at all and links documentation and guides to the people ACTUALLY doing work, but I’m gonna.

Apple’s docs do a good job showing some really basic examples and what makes a good icon, but I mostly want to bring your attention to a couple details of that safari icon they have as an example.

• SLIGHT amounts of depth, only when necessary
• A slight outward bubble/gradient

It’s also worth looking at the actual iOS icon bounding box that they show off around their developer webpages. It’s a great guide on how to design a well-weighted and well-proportioned app icon. Think about the icons of all the apps that you use daily, especially the bigger named ones. Think about the colors they use, how many colours they use, the shapes and proportions of those shapes.

Again, I know at this point I’m backseating, but these kinds of little details are really important to me haha. And apparently to others as well! You may not notice it, but your brain does