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TestFlight App for iOS Gets New Icon
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Allow me to introduce you to the world of prop planes. https://images.app.goo.gl/PNzDbaqH7fzgXdSn6
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That has nothing to do with what Apple designed
Good try though.
That's a propeller... really?
Speaking with my technical illustrators hat on, I would have thought that if you were to create a depiction of a Thing, you would at least look at a real-world example of that Thing, and use that as a basis. I don't know what that new icon is, but it isn't a propeller. Have a look at a real one, then look again at the icon. The old version was at least credible.
Yes, I know, it's only an icon, but surely, why not take the same time and effort that you've put into doing it wrong, and do it right? Meh. The day of the yahoo is upon us.
Speaking with my technical illustrators hat on, I would have thought that if you were to create a depiction of a Thing, you would at least look at a real-world example of that Thing, and use that as a basis. I don't know what that new icon is, but it isn't a propeller. Have a look at a real one, then look again at the icon. The old version was at least credible.
Yes, I know, it's only an icon, but surely, why not take the same time and effort that you've put into doing it wrong, and do it right? Meh. The day of the yahoo is upon us.
Too technical? Windmills date back to around 500 C.E. If people understood them 1500 years ago, I don’t think discussing them and why they look the same as propellors is “too technical”
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Yeah, it looks like 3 bars of soap. Recommendation: if you see that on the front of a plane, don’t get on the plane.
No it doesn't!
It doesn't match up to or resemble anything! It's for Test Flight - name taken from a flight taken by an aircraft (flight) for purposes of testing (test). Hence Test Flight.
It's nothing to do with wind turbines at all.
It was designed by someone who has had a propeller described to them, without actually seeing the real thing.
As long as TestFlight works like it should, I really don’t care what the icon looks like.
A change in the icon is not what i consider noteworthy news, even if I may be in the minority.
A change in the icon is not what i consider noteworthy news, even if I may be in the minority.
I agree it's minor news. I love the way TestFlight works as a beta tester though.
Ah, so we are stepping away from flat design... Good. It was boring from the beginning.
It does make the process of being a beta test seamless. I have 2 apps I am beta testing at the moment.
It kind of looks like an app icon tile that sort of progresses from looking like a blueprint design, to being more defined, to being more finalized and polished. All done in a circular design to perhaps demonstrate lifecycle of app development, while still visually being in a form that ties back to the previous propeller type of logo.
We are LegionThat guy on here that really hates flat design is going to be happy
Yes, but is it left to right or right to left direction, And what about those who are below the equator? Does it turn the other way?
Seems to me Apple goes back, although slowly, to 3D Icons, I am all in for it, flat design sux.