I can’t see how Apple manage to get quite some attention by just changing the icon of their ‘famous’ iTunes, but they’re not the only ones changing their icons. Microsoft has released their Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta, and along with that is a slight modification of the IE logo that we’re all so ‘familiar’ with. But as kind as Microsoft always was, they’ve given quite some insight into the development of the icon, as far fetch as 15 years ago. Yea mate, the Internet Explorer has been here for some god damn 15 years! Respect that homie!

Microsoft explained in their IE Blog, that the original blue “e” was designed to represent a globe, with the “orbiter” envisioned to depict speed and exploration. For Internet Explorer 9 both elements were updated, with the “e” getting a slightly more modern cue, while the “orbiter” was given a fuller, more continuous connection and the appearance of an even faster orbit. That’s just scratching the surface, though — hit up the source link below for a detailed look at the making of the new logo, and a look back at its evolution over the past 15 years.

SOURCE via Microsoft