This looks so bad…, now IT LOOKS LIKE A DATING APP with this NEW LOGO.
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Maybe it’s just getting used to, but it feels so off, maybe it’s also because some things are still red. But for example “Upcoming Schedule” just looks sooo busy now, maybe because of the font or maybe because of the color purple, but it’s not pleasing for my eyes.
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I think change can be great, and I appreciate the effort.
However, I’m not really a fan of the new logo. It doesn’t quite do it for me. Also, the purple color isn’t my favorite—it’s less readable than the red we had before. I just found the red much clearer and easier on the eyes.
Keep up the good work, and I’m looking forward to seeing how things develop!
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this is going to be a huge thread, one that trakt never had 
I now relate with the logo concerns. Your trademark is the T, indeed this looks like a logo from a dating app (awesome comment) !!!
Twitter blew it completely. Consider the logo change a bit.
Still loving the purple and fonts. I don’t get the complaining about how awfull it looks, in dark mode i’m in love with it!
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There are mentions of changes in apps, I use official Android app and I cant see any new updates available in playstore or changes in the app itself.
Will this be rolled out in coming days if yes then release notes need to be changed to web only purple version release. Last update for android app is from september 4.
wow a lot of negativity in here. I’m not totally getting the “it looks like a to do list app” critique about the logo. The original logo didn’t exactly tell me anything about what Trakt does. The name does way more than a T logo ever did to convey what the app or site would be used for. This logo uses a checkmark, one of the most prominent features of the site. If I look up “movie tracking” or “tv tracking” or “movie lists” in an app store, I think this makes it pretty clear that it’s not just a generic movie review app, it’s about checking off the things you watch. It makes sense to me. But I’ve only been a major user for 4 years, maybe I’m just not as attached to the “brand identity” as other people.
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Getting a new look, logo and color is all fine by me, sometimes things just change.
BUT i really have difficulties with the purple text color.
Especially my head hurts, the text gets blurry and i get kinda dizzy with reading the purple titles in the “Upcoming” section on the dashboard.
I dont have a problem with the purple progress bars and purple highlights (i mean i can read it and i dont get dizzy immediately), but the titles and text/links are really hard on my eyes for some reason.
I really hope there will be a function coming, which some could use to get for less “color” and more readability for people like me, oh maybe the old colors ? ( i had no issue at all with the old design ! )
and i really liked the old logo design alot. It really looks more like a to do app logo now.
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I think the new colors and log still needs a lot of getting used to, but 1 thing I think doesn’t really work out nicely, is the progress tracking on TV shows. Previously you had green for watched episodes, and red for not watched, that made a lot more sense to me than the green/purple combo 
Perhaps a mixed theme with red and purple could work, instead of going all purple, the logo also starts with red in the bottom left corner, so why not take adavantage of that and use the purple for more visual aspects while keeping some of the red parts in, just my 2cents (I’m not a designer so that might look even worse 
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I haven’t look at the progress bar, i like the purple in the bar but yes the not watched episodes make no sense with purple, they should be red.
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Font is nice. Color is unusual, but feels great after a day. Generic ‘to do’ logo is too generic. Like every second app in play store/app store 
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First of all, (most of) the change really doesn’t matter to me, I really only use my own History page to keep track (trakt) on my recently watched log.
But…
- Yes, the font is definitely horrible. It hurts my eyes, and I had to read a longer text with that font, I would give up and close the site.
- Yes, the purple links are one of the most stupid things I’ve ever seen. Since the start of the Internet, purple links has meant “an already visited link” – and while that isn’t really used any longer, using purple links still makes the design look aged and absolutely horrendous. And this is from a person who’s favourite color is actually purple…
- Yes, the logo is terrible. I understand the checkmark aspect of it, but since you already had a strong logo with the tilted T, I can’t fathom what made you change it. It now makes me think I have Instagram opened in my tab.
While this change doesn’t affect the actual functionality of the site, I hate that the two recent big changes (this and removing duplicates, destroying my 12 years worth of data) has been either a completely garbage use of time and resources, or actually removed one of the biggest functions on the site for me.
Instead of a huge redesign that looks mostly like a Halloween prank, why didn’t you just make different themes that the user could set themselves…? If they like white text on purple backgrounds that makes most people’s eyes bleed and the text impossible to read, let them have it, and spare 98% of the rest of us.
You already have the dark/light functionality. Expand on that into more themes that work for more colours if you, for some ludicrous reason, want to stray away from the classic red colour that has actually put you on the map. What will happen tomorrow, will Facebook turn green?
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Thank you all for the great feedback. Here some answers to common questions that keep coming up.
- The official apps will be updated with the new branding, it’s just taking longer to get approved by Apple and Google.
- We’ll be adjusting the hue of purple in some areas to improve readability, this will help in dark night mode specifically.
- Some areas will drop the purple links, such as upcoming schedule.
- Logo in the top left and the loading animation are temporary, fun ways of showing the transition to the new logo. (Hover over the top left logo if you haven’t already)
We’ll have some adjustments out early next week.
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A change is as good as a holiday. 
I must say, I really like the new look. Well done!
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Okay good to know, some should just disable auto update for now I guess.
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Nice Design, color are good, but the font are terrible. Same by size and bold type. I zoomed the site to 90%. On 100% all so big, bold and bad on reading the page with this font.
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Well…what can I add that hasn’t been said already? The purple is just terrible and difficult to look at, the new font also makes it difficult to read things and I won’t even comment on the new logo, which is fine I guess, at least if this was a to-do list app or whatever.
Been a user for the last 12 years, love the site, waited forever for an Android app which is awesome but this is the first really that I’m really considering using another app/site for tracking my viewing habits.
Why change what it isn’t broken? And why change the red that always has been the identify of the brand? I truly don’t understand… I hope you really take into consideration the countless feedback there is in this thread. If people prefer/like the purple that’s great! But please have the two options (or more!) for those of us who don’t like it.
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- The text color* already looks better than it did yesterday!
- The “You are watching” bar is still red, and I think might be a good place to implement the new purple.
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I liked the old look, but I like even more this new look
Cheers!
Very nice, thanks 
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Everything had its own color: lists were blue, collected - green, and watched was purple, everything else was red. Now it’s a blur. The red progress bars under the posters were catching the eye more, now it’s just disappearing under it. And I hate the purple, too much purple. The font is hard to read. Logo is fine, but the checkmark reminds more of a to do list then a tracking website. I wish I could go back to the previous look…
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Hello,
Colors are absolutely great for me personally
Font will need a getting used to, but i believe in time it will sit really well
Logo, in big sizes looks cool, but as it gets smaller it becomes apparent that “it’s to much going on”, and that is never a good thing in digital logo design imo, so not bad, but not great
my 2c ofc
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