Vscode New logo

[herper]

• VSCode Version:1.17.0
• OS Version:windows 10 X64 15063.632

Steps to Reproduce: new logo put into the start menu is ugly！

[Ankit-Prajapati]

I want the Blue Logo Back. This New Logo is so Dull.

[coxandrew]

I think people calling for the logo to be reverted to the old blue logo are missing the boat. The old logo was not better.

The update is better than the previous logo (at least on Mac) because it at least adheres better to the Mac icon guidelines (gradients, drop shadows, size). It really isn't terrible, but it still needs a few iterations.

Even within the MS brand guidelines, I think there's room for improvement based on some of the earlier suggestions.

This is specific to the Mac logo:

1. Tilting it at that angle makes it look outdated like the old skeuomorphic icons (Mail, Calendar).
2. The dark, rectangular background helps with contrast, but makes it appear brown and dingy (rather than a vibrant orange).

Consider:

1. Not tilting the logo
2. Using a white (rounded?) rectangular backdrop for contrast with a drop shadow
3. Using green for stable and orange for insider (as @polettoweb noted, green is associated with safe, yellow/orange with caution)

Also, my sympathies for the logo designer who has to put up with feedback from a bunch of programmers.

[art-in]

Do not care about tilting, rounding, backgrounds, shadows...
Just need it in blue.

[djensen47]

Aside from the tilted angle, the logo might be more tolerable on MacOS because it has dimension and depth. However, on Windows (ironically), it looks subpar. If the team is not able to fix the overall idea of the design, at least clean up the current versions of the icon on all platforms.

[coxandrew]

I agree @djensen47 - the dimension and depth and contrast definitely makes it better on macOS. I don't think it's actually too far away from being a "good" icon on Mac.

[djensen47]

However, I still don't like that the "infinity" symbol is missing a section. It implies that VS Code is inferior, substandard, or incomplete compared to VisualStudio. (Some of us might actually think the opposite).

[mermaid]

I've made a shell script for macOS that will change it back if anyone is interested in it https://github.com/mermaid/vscode-beautifier

Hopefully they'll work on it more and get a better looking icon, but until then I'll just keep changing it back

[vammex]

@coxandrew have you earned a $5 bonus already by doing this? https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/35683#issuecomment-336695720

[dannygoncalves]

I don't like it old one was perfect, no idea why the image change

[rafialikhan]

Orange is not cool, bring back the blue...and whats with the tilt on mac?

[verlok]

Let’s be frank: the old icon wasn’t that good either. But the new one is worse. Please remove the tilt on Mac, and if possible bring back the blue.

[brunocassol]

[vikas-0]

35783 consider closing this issue

[orenmizr]

i wonder how many comments before there will be some kind of response from microsoft's vscode team .

meanwhile a workaround for fixing your open source code editor:

1. uninstall vscode
2. reinstall atom, atom-ide-ui, atom-typescript
3. unstar this repo

[verlok]

@orenmizr Done!

[vikas-0]

@orenmizr or use papyrus icon theme

[faustinoaq]

[fabioroldan]

Please, Mr. Microsoft, please return our logo. The orange does not have enough contrast and is confused with the color of my windows. And the lateral line shrinks the logo, discard it. And why in mac do not have the same logo? just add gradients.

[AlfaDelta]

Very ugly on Mac and Windows :-( I surprised me that someone allowed this.

[Robinnnnn]

I'm gonna go back to using Sublime. Ping me once the old logo is back!

[AlfaDelta]

Please sign: https://www.change.org/p/developers-bring-back-the-old-visual-studio-code-logo

[AlfaDelta]

VSC @Linkedin.... https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6974311/profile

[chrisdias]

Thanks everyone for all the feedback, and again we apologize for not responding sooner.

In a nutshell, we've decided to change the Stable orange to blue, and keep green for Insiders. You can read all about it in the blog post: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/10/24/theicon

Resolving this issue against a single issue tracking all the icon issues: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/35683

[Robinnnnn]

WE DID IT!!! reinstalls

[felipemullen]

proud of Microsoft for listening to the community these days. Tell the design team we still love them

[alexanderby]

[MrSunshyne]

Ok great. but it's still orange... even after I downloaded it again.

[chrisdias]

@MrSunshyne it will be blue in the next stable release, available in early november.

[vammex]

so good to know MS rolls back! thank!

[intellixdev]

so ugly! nice to know we gonna go back to the BLUE color. I feel sick with this orange

[dtromans]

Blue is Back!

Thanks to everyone for giving the feedback and responding to it.
I think we all learned a valuable design lesson here, which is: if you can replace Trump's hair with your logo and no one notices, it's time to rethink it.

[fritzlolpro]

Give me back my orange!

[verlok]

LOL. I was getting used to orange too :)

[OrionStark]

Oh boy, one color changes everything :)

[vammex]

@ @sjetha-pason come on may be enough trolling this issue?

[saiyaff]

I think they weren't closing this issue so that they can relieve their work stress reading the comments made here? 🤔

[Xoom3r]

Rather indecisive, some people liked the orange and got used to it but on the other hand M$ actually did change it.. hmm...

[bithooked]

In my experience, colors are culturally aligned in many things, but especially in UIs. In the some cultures, brighter colors in UIs are considered gaudy, and in the other cultures they are preferred. Reds and oranges, in particular, are discouraged in UIs in some cultures, because they invoke a warning response, while in other cultures, reds and orange are more popular. So, I don't think it's surprising to hear some people express that they preferred orange. That's part of the difficulty of building international UXs.

[tmutton]

+1 for the blue logo

[Simran-B]

Not that I liked the orange logo, but it did work better in Windows' "open with" dialog: