This may be just another coincidence but there are some elements that seem to be common between the logo designs of Google Chrome and that of ThinkFree.
It’s not the official Thinkfree logo but is part of the installer that ships with the desktop version of Thinkfree Office 3.
Philipp Lenssen and Flickr members have come up with these illustrations to hint that the inspiration for Google Chrome logo may have come from Simon and Pokemon.
Earlier, Harry McCracken wrote about some similarities he found between the logo design of Google Chrome and that of Windows Vista – "No, the Chrome and Windows Vista logos are not true twins, but they’re both round and shiny, with the same color scheme–red, green, yellow, and blue."
Am sure these all are mere coincidences but the Thinkfree designers probably aren’t too happy about this and have made a ‘parody’ video on how the Google Chrome logo was designed.
Also see: Add-on Connects Google Chrome & Firefox
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-chrome-logo-design-inspiration/4414/
Tags: feature, fun, google chrome, logo, thinkfree office, Internet
Reader Comments
The most appropriate i had seen is the Firefox logo which was shown in a picture in flickr!
Written by Chetan on 09.05.08
wow that seems to be a excellent find with the most similar one being the thinkfree office3!
Written by Amit Bhawani on 09.05.08
I like google chrome, its very fast, but i will keep my firefox !
Written by Saint Germain on 09.05.08
Your screen shots are simply awesome.
You are the true leader in this area perticularly.
Written by suresh on 09.05.08
Hahaha, nice comparison. I particularly liked the idea that Google Chrome’s logo probably came from Pokemon’s Pokeball. lol
Written by John Raul Joven II on 09.05.08
seems this blogger has lot of spare time.. i dont agree to any of the figures
Written by Hem on 09.05.08
Good point, this is what I am looking for… Greate job.
Written by GOLD MINE on 09.05.08
maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with this link
but I’m probably seeing things
*hides*
Written by Dima Sirotnikov on 09.05.08
The logo is based from the original “chromium” (which was an open source browser project)
link
(They just google coloured it)
Am I wrong?
Written by Kannan Ekanath on 09.05.08
Wow, so cool screenshots. So similar to ThinkFree Office. I didnt have an ida about that. Thanks for showing the photos.
Written by SEO/SEM blog on 09.05.08
There is a definite similarity between the ThinkFree installer logo and Chrome logo, however the other illustrations in the post are pretty good too.
Written by Keith Dsouza on 09.05.08
haha, the first thing i said when i saw the logo was “so it’s a simon themed pokeball?”
Written by faith on 09.05.08
you sir, have way too much time on your hands. Silly Illustrations.
Written by Caleb on 09.05.08
hi Amit, nice post and also your newly designed layout is cool. Chrome is a sign of things to come. It definitely will find its share of devotees especially the not-so-techie types but who recognize Google as a brand name. Being the Firefox user that I am, it would be interesting to know what the Mozilla guys have to say about the new kid on the block.
Written by javed on 09.05.08
Very nice post and screenshots.
Good find Kannan.
Written by Geoserv on 09.05.08
Full story of making Google Chrome Logo (exclusive)
==>http://blog.thinkfree.com
Written by New Era on 09.05.08
But there are lots of problem in it, it hangs during browsing many time, there is no option the check PR of website, it have fast browsing, but overall i will say that it is not perfect with SEO point of view.
Written by Website Design on 09.05.08
Your images and imagination are brilliant.
Written by Vijay on 09.06.08
to me the icon looks like windows Media Encoder 9 Series icon . has anyone noticed that?
Written by Devsfunda on 09.06.08
Funny comparison..
Written by Robin on 09.06.08
What an intelligent explanation, very nice to hear that so much is behind logos as well.
Written by Prasanna S on 09.06.08
@Dima Sirotnikov
Chromium is the project behind Google Chrome and has just been started, so Chromium stole Thinkfree’s logo as well…
Well, no one has ideas anymore…
Written by Dale on 09.06.08
Interesting Amit but I don’t think Google switched the colors to create Chrome logo. For now the battle will continue until Google dominate the browser market like it did with their search engine.
Written by Joel on 09.07.08
comparison with pokemon is awesome, really !
a true insight :)
Written by sopan on 09.08.08
They could have tried having CHROME effect on the logo… it would have given a totally different look and feel altogether!
Written by Rakesh M. Nagpal on 09.11.08
you should also look at this: link
Written by gisc on 09.13.08
lol. that is a pretty good illustrations of how google chrome logo was designed. Google Chrome has copied most of the codes from firefox and added some new features to it. I for one don’t like google chrome. I don’t know, maybe because I am used to firefox and it extensions.
Written by suicidalsam on 09.19.08
Mmmmh, I think you all must look at the “eyes” and the lenses of the spying device of the martians in the ancient @War of the Worlds@ movies. There you’ll find another fountain of ïnspiration” for several of these logos and items! lol L. :o)
Written by Luis on 09.27.08