The logo depicts a stylized fox, since the Red Panda (to which the term "Firefox" was originally referred[7]) did not "conjure up the right imagery" for Hicks [que é o autor dos ícones oficiais]. The specific logo won selection because it makes an impression, while still not "shouting" with overdone artwork.
And so, such was the dilemma facing the Firefox visual identity team, led by Steven Garrity: A browser suffering from naming confusion was taking its name from an animal suffering from image confusion. Thus, Garrity and his group set the true firefox aside and designed a logo based on a more conventional fox image for the Firefox browser.
The current Firefox logo, designed by Stephen Desroches, debuted at the same time as the official Firefox nameone year ago this month. Jon Hicks developed the official icons based on this logo and continues to refine them, and he actively blogs about the subject.
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