Me too.
If I want to find a tab, a color and shape is easier. The red 'x' isn't enough color to help.
The effect is of some sort of random computer message rather than a handy icon.
Same here. Oddly, the wiki's icon seems unchanged.
The problem I feel about it is that it doesn't constitute a whole, the picture on a favicon should be one button-like thing.
I would have posted this if I had known the term "favicon".
I realize whoever thought of this must have thought they were being clever, but the previous "Lw" is far superior: it is much easier to recognize and spot quickly (which I assume is the whole point of "favicons"), and the colors better reflect those of the site.
The favicon is basically a logo for the site, and should resemble the header as much as possible.
How do you know that the old one was easier to recognize and spot quickly? I think most people are being tricked by introspection because the old one is familiar. I agree that colors matching the site should make it easier to learn, but I'm not sure how strong that effect would be.
The old one consisted of the characters "Lw", the abbreviation for the site name, with colors resembling the site's color scheme. These are all straightforward indicators. While I understand the intention of the new icon, it is not nearly as straightforward.
I... suppose if '<' means 'less than' in typical mathematican notation, 'x' must mean 'wrong', to have the total meaning be something like 'less than wrong'...
Yeah, it also just occurred to me, after I typed that comment, that wronger than wrong would also be a valid interpretation of this. Perhaps I ought let whoever made the change to interpret it, instead of offering my guesses. :-)
Good point. I guess '<' is meant to be read "less", rather than the standard "less than".
I'm assuming the 'X' is supposed to be a cross, the traditional academic symbol for an answer being wrong (as opposed to check for right answers). The '<' is the 'less than' symbol.
Ahhh, I was wondering how one was supposed to solve for X there :)
I had trouble seeing it, so here's a direct link to make it easier to reload:
No, it's a cone of C4-flavored ice-cream in the process of exploding.
Or maybe an emoticon of someone reacting to a pun.
Hehe, thanks! I guess I'm a bit shy in front of people my brain doesn't classify as fungible*.
((* probably not a correct usage, but the statement is technically correct because it's the same brain doing the classifying and is doing it incorrectly in exactly the same way as, uh, itself. :p Also not that this is not necessarily somehting I endorse, and I'm just saying it because I were just reminded I should not be shy. ))
I'm using Firefox and it still says "Lw". I don't know whether it was changed back, or just never changed in Firefox. Either way, thanks for teaching me the word Favicon!
On further inspection, Firefox is doing something interesting. When I type the start of the LW URL in the URL bar, the dropdown suggestion menu has the "<X" favicon, but when I actually go to the page, I get the "Lw" favicon.
Awesome.
LW appears to have acquired a new favicon, "<X" in place of the prior "Lw". This change wasn't announced and I don't know what the new icon means. Can someone explain it to me?