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SkyDrive’s new logo confirmed

Jun 22, 2012 10:21 pm by damaster | 20 comments

Earlier this week we sighted what we believed to be a new SkyDrive logo appearing on the Microsoft Surface website, where the direction of the cloud has changed, as well as the removal of the yellow swirl/ribbon. This swirl during the Wave 3 and Wave 4 era defined what constitutes as a Windows Live service. However, since Windows Live is no more, Microsoft has decided to give these logos a slight Metro style makeover. We were able to confirm that the SkyDrive logo will be changing, as shown in the below comparing the logos between what we saw before in leaked images and the new logos that will be coming soon:

The SkyDrive logo had undergone many facelifts since its debut in 2007. The most recent logo with two clouds and a yellow swirl, first appeared two years ago in 2010. Below is a brief look at the many SkyDrive logos that has existed throughout its 5 year history:

Whilst we think the new logo looks like what would be shown on a cloudy day for a Weather app, we’d like to know what you think of the new SkyDrive logo. Do you like the new SkyDrive logo? Let us know in the comments below.

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http://www.andrewtechhelp.com/ Andrew Tech Help
They going to update the logo for Hotmail to remove the swirl too?
http://teddyotero.com/ drokkon
I definitely prefer the previous version, with the “swoosh” matching the mail swoosh. The new one is just too plain. Come to think of it, the People and Calendar icons are plain too and could benefit from their own “swooshes!”
Kalyan Chanumolu
I believe the swirls will be removed from the hotmail logo as well. I love the hotmail logo the way it is right now.
http://revanmj.pl/ Michał Jakubowski
I also don’t like new one, old logo was better.
cmwind
new logo looks like a weather app… not cool… plus Hotmail is off brand with its swoosh now
http://doctorwhofan98.wordpress.com/ doctorwhofan98
The SkyDrive logo definitely looks like a weather app now. It looked great with the swirl. I hope Hotmail’s logo won’t have the swirl removed…
- Calum James
  Wouldn’t you prefer there to be consistency—either no swirls or all of them having swirls?
http://www.facebook.com/paul.vansteenkiste Paul Vansteenkiste
I liked the swirl. It gave something extra. But it won’t kill me though
http://twitter.com/lucapettini Luca Pettini
fore sure they will change also Hotmail logo. The need to remove the “prospective” of these logos, and pus in full 2D, but they need better design for all of them… expecially People and Skydrive…
NicolaMantovani
wave 4 logo is still the better one, but we need consistency, so bring it on with the new logos.
markiz
They sure suck with logos. Which is surprising given their newfound design prowess.
This looks like it could be easily confused with a weather app icon.
And don’t get me started on the new windows logo.. Why is it slanted?!
- B_Sack
  You have no taste. Or I don’t, but I find the new UI & the new Windows logo both very sexy. Wasn’t sure about the new Windows logo at first but after seeing it and using it on my tablet I love it.
Guest
Old version was nicer for sure plus new logi looks like weather app or something related to weather. They need something extra other than just clouds there to not make users confuse.
Not many people even aware of SKyDrive (not techi people) so for them this logo is more weather related.
They definitly need to change it and fix it.
I do love METRO but I think Microsoft can do much better with all these metro-style logos and they have to find better and more beautiful logo designs for their app and services before Windows 8 hit the market.
Hulmiho
son, i am disappoint.
http://www.facebook.com/people/李柏傑/1507940461 李柏傑
WTF!!!!!
James
NOOO… current one with swoosh is the best!!!! It’s unique and stands out among all the other ‘cloud’ logos these days.
Timothy
I really hope they re-consider that logo. The current logo stands out and is unique. You instantly know it’s SkyDrive. Whereas the new one, you wonder if it’s the weather app, or if it’s just another boring cloud service.
http://www.facebook.com/people/李柏傑/1507940461 李柏傑
Super Ugly.
SUper
U2moi
The people and calendar apps are perfect.
The mail should loose the swoosh but not look too plain.
>>> They should add wheels to the cloud; making it look like a car <<<<<
A Sky driving!!!!!
craigsays
The new Skydrive logo is just terrible. It looks incredibly amateur, almost as though not enough time has been spent on it. I feel that micrsoft may be trying do too much in a short amount of time. The old logo was fine.
The people icon is even worse. It is slightly improved on the old one, but that really isnt saying alot.
The upside of course is that these will all be lives tiles, so we should rarely see these icons.