Get the old Google icons back with this Chrome extension

Life is in constant flux, but experiencing change during the extremely uncertain time we're all going through and through is especially maddening. As luck would have it, you can still eke come out of the closet some semblance of control in your web browser — this new Chrome extension created by designer Claudio Postinghel lets you replace Google's recently redesigned but confusingly similar icons for the antique ones (via Gizmodo ).

When it was announced in early Oct, we described Google's big rebrand of G Suite Eastern Samoa a agency to rig the look titan's products to better compete with Microsoft Office. One of these days the newly named Google Workspace brought a collection of redesigned, cohesive app icons that — in my opinion, and that of my coworkers — are very difficult to recognize from a distance.

The new icons unbroken the basic shape of the previous ones, but traded clear, distinct color for thick outlines made of Google's usual red, dejected, super acid, and yellow color scheme. It makes the icons look all of a piece, only that same quality also makes them really disappear in a crowded collection of tabs. The change also makes IT that a lot easier to turn a loss an important tab or close one for the wrong reason. A separate issue, but with similar effects: if you're color-blind and relied happening the distinct difference between the patched icons, your job of using Google Workspace has gotten possibly a great deal harder.

I've downloaded the annexe and can confirm it works just also As you'd promise. If reviews and comments on Postinghel's extension are any indication, many people were bothered by the alteration and happy with this solution as well. Now there's a way to switch back to Google's tried-and-true icon designs, with a similar extension for Firefox to get along, according to Postinghel's site. Give it a stress if you feel like you need a trifle control. It might impartial name a difference.