Medium’s writerly favicons

One of the small things I added to Medium in early 2016 was a change to the favicon: It came from an observation about the writing process. When writing on Medium, you are likely to have a bunch of Medium tabs open with other posts, yours or otherwise, for reference… but you usually only have one tab you’re writing in. Why not make it extra visible so that you can easily come back to it? But there was a second, more emotional reason. Writing is hard. Many people never touch the “New story” button, on Medium or otherwise. I wanted the writers to feel extra amazing, with the interface itself giving them a nod of recognition. (Visually, the hollow draft icon was also meant to be a “scaffolding” of the published story icon.) I’d love to hear more about websites or web apps that are using favicons in a particularly useful or delightful fashion. If you have examples, I would appreciate a note!#details #iconography #marcin wichary #web