Just click around the top level navigation, you will find there are two different stylesheets (one stylesheet used Arial font, another one used Verdana font). Why use Flash for that simple animation/transition when it could be done the same with Javascript? CouldnвЂ™t they do better animation with Flash? The glossy menu is very Web 2.0 contemporary, but the arrows and cut-corners are back to 1999?ДЄt first I thought it was Javascript, then later I realized it is Flash. People with low contrast or dim monitor will have problem reading the small text. The metallic gradient inside the login box is very dark which created low contrast between the text and the background. On some internal pages, the 2px margin disappeared. Take a closer look at the main menu, notice there is a 2px bottom margin? IвЂ™m not sure if it was intentional or a CSS bug. In general, I agree the new design look more cleaner. What if the websiteвЂ™s backgound is the same color as the PayPal blue? Then, one of the words will be invisible (see image below). LetвЂ™s take a look the new and old PayPal logo on various background colors.ДonвЂ™t forget not all websites are using white background.

I find the old PayPal logo works very well on various backgrounds, where as the new logo doesnвЂ™t provide good contrast on color background. UnderConsideration вЂ“ Brand New also has an interesting article on how the new PayPal is created in simple 7 steps.

You can read the details on the logo redesign from the PayPal blog. Visually, there isnвЂ™t much change in the new logo. Here are my thoughts on the new PayPal designвЂ¦ PayPal logo redesign Changes are good if the results are positive. DonвЂ™t get me wrong, IвЂ™m not saying change is bad. I think it will take us a while to adapt to the new design. My very first reaction to the new PayPal redesign was 'What happened to PayPal? Got hacked!?' PayPal has made such a drastic change that it doesnвЂ™t even look or feel like PayPal (the PayPal that we used to). What do you think of the recent PayPal redesign and the new PayPal branding? In my opinion, I think the new design is very unprofessional and lack of consistency.

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