Google's Favicon: it just isn't cool

I had a conversation with a friend last week about how we hate Google's new favicon.

A favicon is the little icon that appears in your browser title bar when you are on a site. While this is a little thing that sometimes you don't even notice, on a site like Google that I frequent, the change in favicon sketches me out! I keep looking at it wondering what site I'm on not sure that it's the real Google. Why edit a brand image that is successful, Google!? I can understand a small modification to stay hip with the times but this is an all out change! Here and here are examples of overtime logo changes (a bit better don't you think)? Google: bad change.

Well, Google must know that it sucks, because they posted on their blog that you can now submit recommendations for their new favicon. Other posts around that are in agreement with me: Organic and SE Land.