PS: do not misunderstand me : You are doing a great job :) (although And this "nazi" feeling - it's probably simply coming from the circular turning of a shape consisting of 2s (without glasses)
I have probably about 15-20 years more than you - i noticed it as i said yesterday And controlling with 4 persons (my mother , her friend and 3 friend of mine - 3 as said had that strange feeling that something is wrong ... i cannot explain it differently An of course the sign of Swastika - you also find it in the greek , in the roman - even in the persian , indian - and jewish ciulture I wanted to post this comment for following reason: the old gnome logo was simply neat This here could lead - even only by a small (older) kind of users - to this interpretation - (mostly in Europe) Do you remember the discussion about the clockwise - or counter-clockwise turning of the please-wait-bubble in ubuntu - was it unbuntu 11 .04 or so ? If i remember well it were indian users that told the devels that a counter-clock turning poing would bring ba luck (or something like that, can't remember exactly) Serge On Wednesday, 2 September 2015, Patrik Bubák <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > Hi and thank you for the feedback. > > I am the author of the new logo for Ubuntu GNOME and your observation is > quite surprising, because that is something none of us would ever think > about and we had a look at the logo from many angles many times. > > Even now when I look at it I see absolutely no reference to neither the > Swastika - that argument I find absurd the least - nor anything that would > relate it in any way to the war crimes of Nazi Germany. > > I am short sighted, wearing glasses for many years, but I don't see > anything of what you see and even though I'm born in '83 and am perhaps > more aware of history than most of my generation I simply cannot make the > connections you are describing here. > > My point is, everyone has a different perspective on things and it's > humanly impossible to indulge everyone's request. Perhaps some people from > your generation might perceive it that way but generations to come might > not see not even with a slight hint of what you're seeing in it. > > *When you ask someone from your generation what do they see it in > mentioning to them what you see they will of course agree, because **they > will be inclined to see the same**.* > > Also, it's humanly impossible for a designer to keep track of absolutely > every symbol ever invented in human history. That just cannot be done, as > new symbols emerge practically every day, it's as simple as that, drawing > lines on a canvas. > > There are thousands of symbols, so I apologize if we cannot indulge > everyone, but we really cannot. Nobody can. > > On Wed, 2015-09-02 at 12:38 +0200, Serge Wagner wrote: > > First of all - compliments to all the work that has been done the last > time > > > i A lot of work as been passed on small details > > > JUST one thinhg - tat i really do not think, that it will pass well > > > the new gnome logo or the sign for running applications > > > Want to try to explain why: I am born in 1967 - so far aftr the 2nd world > war > > With 48 what begins to get bad are the eyes - without reading glasses > sharpness is only a dream ;) > > Last time when i came back to my computer - without my reading glasses and > i saw the new logo in the middle of the standby screen - i thougt - now > they have chosen a swastika (Hakenkreuz) as logo! > > > > OK on second view you see of course that it is not THAT logo > > > I was wondering i was the only one that did this interpretation of the > logo > > I asked now 5 other people - from 40 to 76 - 3 persons - all > wearingreading glasses - all without glasses on their nose were thinking > immediately to the nazi-sign .... > > > > Although i admire the work of the artist - i am sure he (or she) did not > think about the visible interpretation the moment you forgot you > spectacles > > > cheers > > > > -- > Sent using Evolution <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/> from Ubuntu > <http://ubuntu.com/desktop> > > Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it the *Ice > Cream Principle*. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one condition: > they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going to be > chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on what's > cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on. >
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