That's the icon from Gnome's Epiphany (now Web). Upstream's design also has an inverted cursor that is an obvious part of the image. It's been like that for a looong time with no reported user confusion.
** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion ** Changed in: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu) Milestone: ubuntu-14.04 => None -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1296281 Title: poor choice for browser icon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/humanity-icon-theme/+bug/1296281/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs