On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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...
>
Thanks. I think it is good to "think out loud" now and share what
we're learning from the comments.
> When would the amended logo be needed?
>
If possible, let's aim for the end of this week.
-Rob
>
> 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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> Michael
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