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I see Apple has updated the TestFlight icon again! Here's the one in the current iOS 14 betas. Even though I don't use TF much anymore, I keep an eye on the icon because I designed the original one…
I designed the TestFlight icon ten years ago, when it was an independent service (and a pretty amazing one, compared to how iOS app-testing was supposed to be done at the time.) Here's my blog post on it from 2010… mrgan.tumblr.com/post/103735374…
This is the icon I designed for it. It followed Apple's "blueprint" idea for dev tools, with the added grainy vibe of a garage inventor designing their first airplane on paper. Why six blades, btw? It balanced the design, and it looked friendlier to me—like a flower…
(Yes, six-bladed props exist—often used on small airplanes…!)
After Apple bought TestFlight, I was floored to find that they kept not only the name, but the icon as well! Of course, it soon fell prey to the great iOS7 Flattening. Note how their 3-blade design unbalances the shape, making it top-heavy. Even more prominent in the latest one…
TestFlight remains crucial to the iOS app development process; the icon means less and less to users nowadays, so it doesn't matter much that it has changed. I'll just remember the old indie days with the folded original I have somewhere in my garage.
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