Excellent points.
On Oct 26, 12:04 pm, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -
