Also: 3. Easy (to learn and use) 4. Open/welcoming/friendly/helpful (this refers to the community) 5. Active development (i.e., constantly being enhanced and improved)
As for the logo, I'm sure opinions will differ on all-text vs. image logos (and will probably depend a lot on the particular design), but I'm not sure a highly literal physical object image (e.g., boat, train, animal, etc.) will work that well for web2py. Those kinds of images certainly make sense when they represent something directly in the brand name (e.g., Ruby on Rails has a ruby with rails; Turbogears has a gear; Flask has a flask), but can be confusing otherwise. That's not to say we shouldn't have an image, but if we do, something more abstract may work better (e.g., like the old logo). Anthony On Oct 26, 11:27 am, mwolfe02 <michael.joseph.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I really like the idea of a bold, simple image to represent the > framework. I'm just not convinced a ship is the right image. > > Maybe it would be more helpful to the few good logo designers on this > list (of which Branko is certainly one), for us to propose different > images. I'll list what I feel (personally) are the strengths of the > framework that an image would ideally represent: > > 1a. Speed (of development) > 1b. Security > 2. Reliability/Stability (ie, promise of backwards > compatibility...the one thing that *truly* distinguishes web2py from > other frameworks; most others don't even try) > > Some quick image ideas off the top of my head (that may or may not be > practical as logos): > - 'bullet' train > - sailfish > - catamaran sailboat (a bit more modern-looking/faster than Branko's > original ship design; though I'd imagine less logo-friendly) > - hummingbird > - chain (close-up of two or three individual links) > - hawk > - lion > - gazelle > > Please note that I've left off spiders and snakes. I think they would > add less than nothing to web2py's brand identity. > -Mike > > On Oct 26, 9:56 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > What do people think about including "Enterprise Web Framework" tag > > line in the logo? I've noticed that in quite a number of public > > discussions of web2py (e.g., on Reddit), the term "Enterprise" is both > > misunderstood and mocked. That doesn't mean we should stop using it, > > but I wonder if we want to emphasize it by including it right in the > > logo (maybe at least consider a logo that could work with our without > > the tag line included). > > > Anyway, this all-text logo by Branko is very nice. I like it better > > than the ship logo. For me, although the ship logo is aesthetically > > appealing, both the ship and the font give it sort of an old-fashioned > > feeling (i.e., rather than modern and cutting-edge). Also, I don't > > quite get the meaning of the ship -- how does it relate to the web2py > > brand identity? > > > Anthony > > > On Oct 26, 6:49 am, Branko Vukelic <bg.bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:00 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > > wrote: > > > > I have no strong opinion one way or another. > > > > How about this one? > > > > -- > > > Branko Vukelić > > > > bg.bra...@gmail.com > > > stu...@brankovukelic.com > > > > Check out my blog:http://www.brankovukelic.com/ > > > Check out my portfolio:http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ > > > Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) > > > I hang out on identi.ca:http://identi.ca/foxbunny > > > > Gimp Brushmakers Guildhttp://bit.ly/gbg-group > > > > web2py_lettering.png > > > 116KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
