Google Chrome steals logo from QQ.com?

By wellofsouls
in Web Browser Discussion & Support

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

theyarecomingforyou

Posted
Posted
Not even close. :no:

Blue in the middle with the same three colours swirling round it... how can on Earth can you claim that's "not even close"? It's not ripping it off because it's incredibly generic but people here are in denial to say it's not similar.

Grand Master

magik

Posted
Posted
Blue in the middle with the same three colours swirling round it... how can on Earth can you claim that's "not even close"? It's not ripping it off because it's incredibly generic but people here are in denial to say it's not similar.

I say it's not close because if you think Google are ripping off these colors in a logo from QQ.com then you must go back and say that QQ (and, in turn, Google) are actually ripping it off from Microsoft with the Office logo. ;)

Bottom line: It's essentially a generic logo (Chrome's). And a horribly ugly one at that.

Grand Master

theyarecomingforyou

Posted
Posted
I say it's not close because if you think Google are ripping off these colors in a logo from QQ.com then you must go back and say that QQ (and, in turn, Google) are actually ripping it off from Microsoft with the Office logo. ;)

That's completely missing the point. You said it's "not even close", which is patently wrong as it is VERY similar. It doesn't matter whether or not QQ ripped it from anywhere else as that is a completely separate issue - I already said it was generic, so that's a moot point as well. Honestly, can't people accept when they're wrong on the internet? It seems everyone has to defend their inaccurate statements in order to save face.

Mentor

wellofsouls

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I say it's not close because if you think Google are ripping off these colors in a logo from QQ.com then you must go back and say that QQ (and, in turn, Google) are actually ripping it off from Microsoft with the Office logo. ;)

Bottom line: It's essentially a generic logo (Chrome's). And a horribly ugly one at that.

actually, QQ.com's logo is nothing like Office logo. One is round with one color at the center, the other is rectangular with nothing at the center. The only thing similar is that they both have four colors, but the shapes are completely different.

Chrome's logo, on the other hand, shares an astounding similarity with the QQ.com logo, both in color AND shape. They are both three colors (red, yellow, green clock-wise) in a circle with blue at the center. actually if you turn the QQ.com logo's outer colors clock-wise 180 degree, enlarge them, you get almost the exact Chrome logo ;)

I'm not saying they have really stolen it from QQ.com, but the similarity is quite huge, and personally I haven't encountered another logo with similar color arrangement and shape, so I doubt it's really that "generic" :laugh:

Mentor

wellofsouls

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Oh please, get a life.

Google has always had those four colors and they've implemented them on the design.

Also, if you can take a moment to notice the difference between the two.

everyone always had those four colors, but not many implement them in this shape.

There are of course differences, for example what I have mentioned in the previous post, you need to rotate the colors clock-wise 180 degrees for them to match the positions. If there were no difference between the two, then it would be a big "Google Chrome STEAL logo from QQ.com!!!!" instead of the current title :laugh:

Also, if you really had a life yourself, you would not take a moment to tell people to get a life here :laugh:

Grand Master

magik

Posted
Posted
That's completely missing the point. You said it's "not even close", which is patently wrong as it is VERY similar. It doesn't matter whether or not QQ ripped it from anywhere else as that is a completely separate issue - I already said it was generic, so that's a moot point as well. Honestly, can't people accept when they're wrong on the internet? It seems everyone has to defend their inaccurate statements in order to save face.

Actually, you misunderstood me. When I said "not even close" I wasn't commenting on the similarities of the logos, I was talking about how it's not even close to the truth of how Google stole their logo idea from QQ. Saying something like that is ridiculous. Bad choice of words on my part in retrospect, hopefully it's clearer now... ;)

I'm not saying they have really stolen it from QQ.com, but the similarity is quite huge, and personally I haven't encountered another logo with similar color arrangement and shape, so I doubt it's really that "generic" :laugh:

Exactly, that was my point. Is that I really don't think it was stolen from QQ.com... but who knows, maybe there's just an unimaginative intern at Google's graphics dept. :p

Regardless, I still say it's a horrid logo. I actually prefer QQ.com's logo :laugh:

Grand Master

Fred Derf Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted
Blue in the middle with the same three colours swirling round it... how can on Earth can you claim that's "not even close"? It's not ripping it off because it's incredibly generic but people here are in denial to say it's not similar.

It's conceptually close but not artistically close. The Chrome logo is conceptually close to a lot of things (including Simon and Pokemon balls).

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Spotify finally removes the disco ball app icon in the latest update

      By +pmrd · Posted

      Was it too much to ask to show the icon in this article?
    • Windows 11's big performance boost is finally available for all

      By Case_f · Posted

      Frankly, I blame whoever is writing such articles. "A big improvement/update and/or new feature is now available to everyone! Also, use this unofficial tweak tool to enable it because it actually isn't available to you yet officially and might not in fact even be entirely ready or whatever, hence why it is perhaps not enabled for you*. But it's great and you should enable it!" I mean there's nothing wrong with sharing info about some feature you might need to enable via unofficial means, of course. It's just that these articles tend to essentially end up being two news pieces in one, and one of them tends to be a bit misleading. (*Yes, yes, the "it's a controlled rollout!" thing. Not a fan of that one either. The argument, not the actual rollout.)
    • SQL Server Management Studio 22.7 brings "What's New" page, T-SQL formatting, and lots more

      By wrack · Posted

      Thank you. Will do. I read in the release notes that editor config might be at play here.
    • Windows 11's big performance boost is finally available for all

      By eiffel_g · Posted

      Actually, I think even Microsoft doesn't know how to control it
    • OpenAI is making Codex more useful in Chrome and the cloud

      By pradeepviswav · Posted

      OpenAI is making Codex more useful in Chrome and the cloud by Pradeep Viswanathan OpenAI's Codex now has more than 5 million users, up nearly 4x from earlier this year. To further accelerate Codex's growth among developers, OpenAI today announced that it has agreed to acquire Ona, a company that builds secure cloud execution and orchestration technology for developers. Ona will enable developers to run Codex with persistent and controlled cloud infrastructure for long-running agentic workflows. Right now, most Codex execution happens locally on developers' laptops and PCs, and the agents work continuously for hours. Through Ona, OpenAI aims to make Codex agents keep working for days without being tied to a user’s local machine or an active session. This will be an important capability for enterprises that want to deploy AI agents in production while maintaining control over infrastructure, data, security boundaries, credential scope, logging, and review workflows. Like any acquisition, the deal is still subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Until the deal closes, OpenAI and Ona will continue to operate as separate companies. After closing, Ona’s team will join the Codex team to improve developer workflows. Alongside the Ona acquisition announcement, OpenAI today introduced a few Codex updates. Developers can now save Codex rate limit resets and use them later instead of losing them when they are not needed immediately. OpenAI is also adding a referral option where users can invite a friend to Codex and get a saved rate limit reset. OpenAI today also announced a developer mode for browser use in Chrome and the Codex in-app browser. With this mode, Codex can use the Chrome DevTools Protocol to debug web apps, inspect pages, and work more directly with browser-based development workflows. Developers can use this when they want Codex to profile JavaScript, inspect console output and network traffic, examine web page states including the DOM and applied styles, and more.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      davidbazooked earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Jamswaz earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Jamswaz earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Rookie
      Marzoid went up a rank
      Rookie
    • Community Regular
      coch went up a rank
      Community Regular

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      509
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      186
    3. 3
      +Edouard
      157
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      83
    5. 5
      ATLien_0
      75
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!