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3 Sep 2024 19:14:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why are web browser logos round?  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 9 Sep 2010 21:36:15
Message: <4c898b8f$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   Check out the logos of Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera,
> Safari, Konqueror and Netscape. They have one thing in common: They are
> all round.
> 
>   This got me thinking, why are they all round?
> 
>   My theory: Web browser logos are usually based on the "planet" motif
> (depicting world-wideness). The Firefox logo has a literal planet in it,
> but are all the other ones also round for the same reason?

I found this question quite interesting, and reposted it elsewhere. One of 
the replies I got was: "many other icons are round, too ... this smells like 
a case of '99% of all criminals wear underwear while comitting their crimes, 
obviously underwear makes people criminal'" :)


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