With its various changes and upgrades over the years, a little logo refresh from Firefox was more than suitable. The brand gave a little ‘facelift’ to its logo, staying true to its concept; Not varying much from the original but refreshing and modernizing it just enough.

The logo was created by Sean Martell and, as StockLogos reports, unlike previous versions, the updated logo was created specifically with mobile in mind; it’s been optimized to be clearer on small screens and lower resolution devices, as well as retina displays, and, unlike previous versions, it can now be accurately recreated in SVG.

On his blog, Martell wrote that simplifying a style doesn’t always mean bringing it down to basic geometric shapes and solid colors:

You can in fact bring simplicity to a visual by better balancing color, contrast, shape, and detail. We removed quite a bit of detail in this latest revision but purposely added more detail where needed to accommodate today’s high resolution screens.

He adds that this isn’t necessarily a logo redesign, but a “simplification in form and function”. You can read more about the logo on his blog, or check out this visual guide to what’s new in the logo from StockLogos, below:

The simplified logo will be making its first appearance with today’s release of Firefox 23 beta, and will expand throughout all other Firefox components in the coming weeks.