New VS Code icon is ugly!

lipstick-turtleback commented 7 years ago

Can we return previous app icon or draw a new one?

It really looks bad. https://code.visualstudio.com/images/1_17_windows-stable-orange.png

CaptainN commented 7 years ago

It looks better, but still not good. It's so busy and none of the forms stand out as particularly interesting, or even distinctive. Just a moosh of shapes, and it's brown. Maybe get rid of the larger shape on the right and just use the smaller shape?

And maybe make it blue.

JBMorris689 commented 7 years ago

We want the old icon.

franky47 commented 7 years ago

It still looks like a fish about to get hooked. Previous icon shape and color was better IMHO.

1l0 commented 7 years ago

Added insider proposal: Download: https://iconverticons.com/icons/9d027c03b10b2e00/ Source: https://github.com/1l0/logo/tree/master/vscode

ghost commented 7 years ago

Adding my name to the list of people who want the old logo back!

Dragonxero commented 7 years ago

Joining to the list for bring the old logo back

mhenr18 commented 7 years ago

I'm reverting back to 1.16 and disabling updates - the change in icon hurts my productivity as I can't instinctively just look at my Dock or taskbar and immediately know where to click.

My main issue is with the colour - I don't mind slight design changes but the colour needs to stay relatively similar or it's hard to recognise the icon at a glance.

akras14 commented 7 years ago

@mhenr18 just over write the new icon https://www.alexkras.com/restoring-original-visual-studio-code-icon/

neonleo commented 7 years ago

The new icon like look a kid learn to draw using crayon and save in 20% quality jpeg..

baierjak commented 7 years ago

The World Will Never Be The Same!

zhaomiing commented 7 years ago

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qais-aboujaoude commented 7 years ago

I removed the card background. It doesn't look that bad now.

This looks amazing. I hated thee icon at first, but without the background it's actually nice.

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razertory commented 7 years ago

You return it back, I give up atom.

ghost commented 7 years ago

New icon looks like goldfish cracker hitting a wall. At least change the color.

zubko commented 7 years ago

New icon is very complex. Too much "art". When quickly CMD-Tab through recent apps during coding there are milliseconds to recognize the needed app, it's more on a level of reflexes. I don't mind the color change but now I can't quickly grasp that these twisted shapes mean VS Code, and now very often I miss the app.

nodefish commented 7 years ago

It has an existential, staring-into-the-abyss, "I don't even know why I'm doing this" quality to it. The creation process clearly lacked serendipity. You just can't force it if you want to come up with an inspiring design. Sorry, vscode team!

lepinay commented 7 years ago

I'm happy they changed it: we have too many blue icons in the taskbar (outllok,skype,internet explorer,powershell), it's going to make a lot easier to find vscode. Not a big fan of the colour choice, but you can't miss it for sure :)

munrocket commented 7 years ago

Orange icon with wall looks awful.

santiagopuentep commented 7 years ago

Horrible color. Blue means "thought". Orange means "adventure"? Blue calms down, orange makes me angry.

kakins commented 7 years ago

lol these comments are hilarious, and I agree with most of them -- especially the one about it looking like a goldfish cracker hitting a wall.

I didn't know there would be so much negative response to an icon color, but I guess I'm in good company to say: Burnt orange? That's yucky.

gclove commented 7 years ago

Perhaps orange represents the future of quantum computing ?

But, indeed, this drab color, brown yellow, is out of tune with other colorful icons.

At the very least, you should provide custom configuration that allows me to replace icons.

Such as an anime beauty? 😂 Ha ha ha!

By the way, Icon graphics are ugly, too !

I think at least blue and orange, or purple！

UXnomaan commented 7 years ago

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antonpug commented 7 years ago

Maybe they will change the icon seasonally. Fall = orange. Maybe in December they will make it white?

alejandroiglesias commented 7 years ago

I agree with most comments but I want to stress that it's not only the color per se, it's the complex shape that makes my mind take more time when switching apps. If they changed either the shape or the color, maybe it was still fine, but both things, I cannot quickly recognize the app.

I'm glad I found the post that instructs how to change the logo.

n8v commented 7 years ago

Needs more skeuomorphism.

skyguy94 commented 7 years ago

i liek lion crakerz images

Raincal commented 7 years ago

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kalbert312 commented 7 years ago

Keep it simple. No gradients!

zhanba commented 7 years ago

I also think the previous icon was more beautiful，dont know why.

fabioroldan commented 7 years ago

Hello, I am a designer, the new logo looks bad in small size, orange is my favorite color but it looks bad in the logo, the blue is also a color associated with the technology, also the shape of the logo has open and pointed shapes that makes see incomplete. I do not know what the justification of the corporate identity team is but a bad choice for me. I dislike so:

Download .ico and .png here

overwrite files here C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\resources\win32 change the background color with Windows Tile Color Changer and happy

Yves-X commented 7 years ago

I think the previous one is the best so far. The new icon looks like a cartoon goldfish tries to bang its head against the wall to suicide. Windows versions are uglier than Mac versions all the time, but it's shocking that the new icon on Windows is even uglier than the first one.

bmewburn commented 7 years ago

I like it -- Halloween is only a couple of weeks away. Looking forward to 1.19 Christmas release too.

vscode-halloween

2Owy commented 7 years ago

O Microsoft... you did it again... let's change things because we can. I need some days to adjust with the new color, my brain is looking for the blue one... "Good job"

Sharpiro commented 7 years ago

I like it. But then again, I am color blind so my opinion probably shouldn't count...

gkuber commented 7 years ago

The new icon is terrible, Please we need to return to the previous icon.

hotdang-ca commented 7 years ago

Reminds me of an OS/2 Warp icon.

stanislavgeorgiev commented 7 years ago

Also chiming in the overwhelming voice that the new icon is terrible. I can never find on my taskbar as contrast is terrible with both Windows 7 and Windows 10. Almost a week and I still cannot get used to it as I cannot even see where it is!!!