Firefox logo writer hired by Opera Software

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The company Opera Software continues to evolve and every week the staff of developers grows a dozen or two new employees. This is normal and does not cause any special reasons for surprise. But today's appointment of John Hicks to the position of the lead designer of Opera Software can have quite curious consequences. What is interesting is this very John Hicks and why one should wait for surprises in the near future from his new appointment, it becomes clear after getting acquainted with his previous professional experience.


To date, John Hicks was the founder and lead designer of the British company Hicksdesign . And here already people close to the designer kitchen begin to guess what is it, and stock up on popcorn. The fact is that the list of clients of this studio includes very eminent and reputable British companies. In addition, the Mozilla Foundation can be found in the same list. Yes, yes, it turns out, the Firefox icon - the fox hugging the planet - is the work of Hicks, who specializes in creating logos and corporate identity, as well as creating very nice icon sets. In addition, as a true designer in love with Mac, he is involved in other interesting projects, such as Camino Graphics Team. When asked about the future fate of Hicksdesign, he explained that in Opera Software he was accepted full-time and would spend all his working time on the main job, but he was not going to close his project either - he promised to help his former colleagues as much as he could.
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As you can see, the track record of this professional in his field looks very worthy and now it becomes clear that his appointment as a leading designer will certainly affect future changes in the design of the browser. And, most likely, we will be able to see this after the release of the next important version of Opera number 10. Well, the news is positive and now we will wait for the release of the “ten” with even greater impatience.