A refreshed logo for Home Assistant!

[Stefan_U (Stefan Uytterhoeven)]

Looks like a’light’ version of the previous one.
Not a fan.

[AleXSR700 (Alex)]

I don’t think anybody uses HA for one particular reason. Not for a logo, not for one single integration.
But the sum of parts does make a difference. The logo being a tiny one, but imagine opening you app and everytime you do, you think “what a disgustingly ugly, pathetic logo”. You would enjoy the app less.

This is not the case here, but everytime I click on my forum shortcut or on my app icon I do think “nah, the new one just does not look good”.

So no, nobody expects the logo to be changed back and we all congratulate to a new chapter, but it is also valid to say “your old logo was cool and perfectly fitting the product, the new one no longer does”. It’s a compliment to the old one

[justone]

Took me a second till my brain spilled out “boah Kartoffeldruck”. means “ups, potato print techology”

But perhaps this was pure intent, to signal that HA is dead easy for beginners.

[Cadster]

I Love the new logo!!!

[anon94216691]

I don’t like the new logo. In small versions the antenna looks like the USB icon.

[aceindy]

I don’t think anyone started a poll?

• Dislike the new logo
• Like the new logo

[daywalker03 (Matthew)]

Not really a fan of the new logo, or many of the UI element changes to be honest. But it’s not like the vocal minority on the forums will be able to do anything about it.

[Dujith (Charles Evers)]

I’m missing the 3rd option. “Do not care”
Being serieus btw I cannot be the only one who could not care less about a logo change.

[armin-gh (ArminH)]

You are not… was looking for the same option to vote…

[aceindy]

Yeah I know, Itried to change it later on, but I am not allowed to edit the poll anymore

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

besides the new logo, we have the new buttons everywhere in the documentation now.
I really wasnt too bothered with the new logo, because all a matter of taste and not compromising functionality.

The buttons however seem to block my brain, when confronted with pages like this:

How is this good UX? the buttons state almost the same (all state Show add-on/integration on My) and they’re huge and right there in our faces.

For my part, the old fashioned html link on the items would have been much better, because easier on the eye, and not confusing.

The text above those bloated balloons shows how functional and easy that can be…

Aware someone finds them ‘beautiful’

but thats no reason to drop them all over and distract from the important stuff…

[boheme61]

My goodness !, this was definitely Not expected !
I wonder if this " Design " is based upon A Believe that people are either Blind or Stupid, Or Both, And have 10 thumbs or Parkinson-Symptoms
Now one really can imagine where the “Kids Toys” argument comes from

[cklit]

Folks… Everything is going to be alright

[cogneato]

This logo looks like a virus taking over a home. I’m happy to lose it.

[boheme61]

Damn You !, until now i liked it, thou first recently realized some people were referring to “soldering” point , I just saw it as a Network, the different “branches” associating, various ie “protocols” and/or devices i various rooms.
Now You made me see alot of " Wood-Boring Beetles " in my House

[petro]

They were there before, the mylink html was updated

[andy2 (Andy)]

Not bothered so much about the new logo itself, though I’m not sure what was wrong with the old one.

However:

• the buttons are just an awful in-your-face mass of blue that majorly distracts from the content of the page they appear on. Previous buttons were spot-on and could fit in anywhere. They feel greedy for attention.

• On Android at least, the app icon makes me go grrrr every time I see it. While there likely the same number of pixels top and bottom, it appears to sit too low due to the ‘weight’ of the house icon sitting below the vertical centre. It just screams wrong every time I look at it.

• The (Android) app icon is also significantly smaller than all other Android app icons, which again makes it stand out in a bad way.

Sadly I can see these are going to grate until / unless changed

[nickrout]

Yes, updated badly!

[gonzotek]

I got the app update last night on iOS and am having the same experience with the house appearing too low. I’m sure if I were to check, the space from the tip of the house to the top of the whole icon would be equal to that of the bottom of the house to the bottom of the icon, but still, it just feels wrong. I want to be clear: I thought I’d prefer the more detailed icon more, but in fact, I don’t mind the simpler, bolder look overall…it’s just that the overall balance feels off now.

It’s not the end of the world or anything, but I wouldn’t say ‘no’ to some continued refining of the general concept as time goes on.

[arnaudm (Arnaud Meuret)]

I disagree with the design decisions that led to this new logo:

• Calling oversimplification minimalism does not justify it
• The typography vertical alignment !?
• The USB logo borderline plagiarism is retrograde

Also:

• I miss the PCB traces, they were a great metaphor of the far-reaching abilities of HA. Some could mistake them as a cute ivy and it was fine.
• Much like the save icon remains a 3.5" floppy disk, keeping the proverbial house outline was not an issue. Now it’s completely lost. I see an index / bookmark / arrow.