Saw the feedback on proposals 12 and 13, I will put the capitals in the
word OpenOffice and look how can I improve the positioning of the Apache
name. I was hoping that the non-capitalized version would gain traction
given that part of the inspiration was drawn from when I write
www.openoffice.org on my browser address bar...
When would the amended logo be needed?
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Samer Mansour <samer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Never surprises me where I find users seeking end user help, here it is
> in
> > feedback on my logo:
> >
> > "2 I have a problem with simple addition when I FILL SOME CELLS WITH
> > figures. I FIND THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW.NEED YOUR
> HELP!!"
> >
>
> We see support requests in blog comments as well, even if they are
> totally unrelated to the topic of the post. But a support request in
> a survey?! That is crazy.
>
> > Rob I'll create a finalized version and have it to you by friday.
>
> Maybe create a new wiki page for the revised logos? It would also be
> good to discuss what you think the comments actually say, in
> aggregate. I saw a lot of contradictory opinions. But there were
> some common things that I saw in comments on many of the logos, and I
> hope we agree that:
>
> 1) If the logo contains the name of the product (the wordmark) it must
> be "Apache OpenOffice"
>
> 2) The logo may optionally contain the version number ("4" or "4.0")
> but if so it must be easy to update this number is the source file.
> But it is perfectly fine to have
>
> 3) Including the trademark symbol (™) is recommended. This could be
> part of the design, or something in the border, like Starbucks does:
> http://www.starbucks.com/
>
> -Rob
>
> > On May 3, 2013 3:46 PM, "Rob Weir" <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I've updated the report to include links to the comments received for
> >> the top scoring logos.
> >>
> >> You can find links at the end of the report:
> >>
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/
> >>
> >> Or here:
> >>
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/34.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/36.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/5.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/28.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/12.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/13.txt
> >> http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/31.txt
> >>
> >> Next steps? As far as the survey goes, I think I'm done. We have a
> >> heap of data. I tried to make some sense of it. But it now is for
> >> the designers to take all this feedback and create one or more revised
> >> designs. Of the top scoring logos, two were from Kevin Grignon, one
> >> from Samer Mansour, two from Michael Acevedo and one from someone I
> >> haven't seen on the mailing list, but whose entry on the wiki was from
> >> "Chris R."
> >>
> >> Maybe it makes sense in the next round to aim for one design per
> >> designer? If so, we can probably narrow it down to 3 or 4 choices,
> >> which we can either poll users again for, or just have a vote of
> >> project participants.
> >>
> >> There isn't much time yet, so could I suggest we aim for having the
> >> revisions done for next Friday, May 10th? Aim for 400 pixels wide,
> >> PNG with white or transparent background.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> >> > The survey ran for a week,and received over 5000 responses. I wrote
> >> > up the results, along with some charts, and put them here:
> >> >
> >> > http://survey.openoffice.org/reports/aoo40-logo-poll/
> >> >
> >> > It is rather long and detailed, so I'll take a subset of that content
> >> > and spin it into a blog post over the next week or two.
> >> >
> >> > If there is an approach to analysis that I missed, let me know. It is
> >> > easy for me to create additional tables or charts.
> >> >
> >> > If any designer wants to receive the user comments on their logo let
> >> > me know the logo number and I'll send them to you.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > -Rob
> >>
>
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Best,
Michael
