Trakt gets a makeover!

Why i stil believe that the new font and logo is something that stands out, the old one font was pretty classic. I get the thing about the logo it is not a T but a todo list but as a graphic is quite good and update. And the font above

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I’m glad for the people who like the purple but it’d be even better if we could choose our own accent color in the settings by just entering an RGB code.

Regarding the logo: I get that sometimes a makeover is needed, but I feel like the new logo looks quite boring and generic. Just like a to do list logo when you open up a default template for a web app, I feel like the previous one had more soul to it.

However, we’ll probably just have to get used to it as it always is when these big changes happen. People (probably including me) tend to complain a lot in the beginning and after 2-3 months everything’s back to normal.

Still though, I hope you’re listening (and I firmly believe you do) to all of the constructive criticism here such as accessibility issues with the color and other problems with the design (for example the “Add to watched history” button under “Up Next” not being properly aligned or the titles under “Up Next” being cut off at the bottom).

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Could you guys share the vector/svg for the logo somewhere? i wanna use it on a wallpaper.

They already do:

https://trakt.tv/assets/logos/logomark.square.gradient-b644b16c38ff775861b4b1f58c1230f6a097a2466ab33ae00445a505c33fcb91.svg

(via Branding Requirements - Trakt)

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Ok thats all great but could someone explain to me why i cant lig into trakt in other apps like CinemaHD to merge my accounts.
Uf

If anyone has an answer please reply to scottdman@sky.com or dm me on X via scott_A_point because i am very rarely on this forum and i dont know how to get notifications of any responses on here
Yes im a complete novice with a badic iPhone 15 pro max and have no Super gaming PC setup like a tv/radio podcast show

Mmmm not a super fan of this new color and branding, but I guess I’ll get used into it. While it doesnt affect the excellent service it’s ok.

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Not entirely; there’s still a “T” visible in the Trakt icon (checkmark).

However, I fully agree with everyone complaining about this icon resembling todo apps.

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I wasn’t sure at first, but I’m warming to the Purple …

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I like this, was a little confused when it turned partly grey. Thought my iPad had got a fit(burned background) :wink:

The purple really hurts my eyes when I look at it (I use dark mode). Also, red is my favorite color so I personally really liked the red that was used. So please at least give us an option to switch back to the old version. It was a lot better on my eyes.

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I’m liking the purple but I really wish they’d revert to the old logo with just a new coloring scheme. We might get used to it with time, but it’s really sad how void of personality it is.

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@videntis I honestly don’t see it. Where is this “T”??

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Yes, that yellow part is exactly what I meant.

OMG. They did it. They destroyed Trakt. My favorite website/app for all the movies and shows. Instead of trying to battle competitors like Letterboxd, including much wanted features from Feature Request and make most of features from website available also in App. Or going more into social interaction between users… they change the ONLY thing that was TOP NOTCH. Reasonable…

Logo was perfect, this is literally trash.
It’s sad to see how unmature the team around Trakt actually is. Just imagine any stock company destroyed the most valuable thing they have - brand. Like let’s change Netflix into different logo (completely different), with different colour and then laughs how people are scared of new things. It’s ridiculous.
It doesn’t make sense and from graphic standpoint it’s not the fresh design you should want to seek, more like a cheap Instagram rip-off. Just look at all the great graphic ideas on Dribbble. This is seriously not a good choice.
Purple is a nice color… but everyone is kinda sick of it right now. Just look at all the live-service games from Concord, Suicide Squad, Fortnite even Call of Duty, Snap and currently Veilguard… everyone tries something to do with Purple, and it’s pretty criticised.
But the amount of puple I see on a homepage is just terrible. Like seriously I cannot look at the page. It’s terrible smog.

And what is wrong with the font?! Was this a contest for finding the most annyoing font for page?!
Like what is the reason for this “redesign” when everything stay the same and just Logo, Color and Font is changed. Be bold and do a proper full redesign, maybe rather discuss it with paying community first, or stay with what works and focus on new features and stuff people actually wants… people who are paying you… :slight_smile:

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I’d love for them to do a user-wide poll on these changes. Based on the comments here it seems obvious the consensus is that the changes are unwelcome, but I think we all know people are wayyy more likely to speak up when they are upset about something rather than when they like something or are indifferent to it, so a quick “how do you feel about the recent logo and color scheme changes” poll “Love It - Hate it - Indifferent” would be interesting data.

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Ok, yeah, zoomed in like that I can kinda see the T. But on the website, the logo top left is much too small to see the individual white lines and I can only see a check mark.
Regardless of whether there is a T or no, the colours still remind me way too much of instagram

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NOOOOOO! That would be sensory overload if that was to happen…

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When I saw purple all over the place, I was like “is this for Halloween or something” lol. I really don’t like this change. The old logo and the colour red suited Trakt better. Why would you change your branding after all this time anyway?

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I’ve been with Trakt for a while now. It has changed and improved a lot since I started using it, and some of these changes were easier to get used to than others. This last update though, I’m sure I’ll get used to the font change, but I can’t say I’m a fan of the purple, it makes it really hard (for me) to read and notice things at a glance. Maybe in the future, not too far away, implement a way for us to change the theme? Thank you!

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