As someone coming from the TurboGears environment, I would vote to keep
the name the same. TG suffered/suffers greatly (in my opinion) from the
change from V1 to V2. Lots of us were lost in the change. I think it's
really important for web2py to remain stable. That includes the name.
Logo changes don't bother me but changing the name or the primary focus
of the project would be devastating. The web2py image and website is
far superior to others out there (I do not follow the django project at
all so my comments don't include that).
Just my opinion on the conversation.
-Jim
On 12/1/2011 11:33 AM, Nik Go wrote:
+1. The name isn't so bad. We could all probably name other projects
with worse names.
The packaging, if that is really important to the community would help
improve the image. Django's packaging is not suprising since it was
originally developed internally in a news company - who knows more
stuff about smokes and mirrors
On Thursday, December 1, 2011, Alan Etkin wrote:
I am not sure of the benefits of changing the brand image identity
with much frequence. I think that part of the sucess of a framework
like django (meaning that it is so popular) is that "graphically" it
has a real fine work and It has preserved a very strong image identity
(color, tipography).
The brand design of web2py should be enhanced but keeping a brand
style. There is a lot of experts in visual design who could help if
there were some cooperation mechanism suitable for this project (is
there?). Think of schools of design for example (Buenos Aires is
overstocked with designers).
On Dec 1, 7:42 am, Martín Mulone <mulone.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another logo contest is comming?... :)
>
> 2011/12/1 Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > I do not like names that have google search conflicts. Others like
> > that because their search results go up.
> > We had a different name and I was threatened to be sued. I
spend $500
> > to trademark web2py.
>
> > Can anybody find a better name that has no search conflicts,
is not
> > trademarked, and is willing to donate $500?
>
> > It does take time and effort in building a brand and we are
succeeded.
> > We should not start again. We can give animal names to various
stable
> > version if you like.
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Nov 30, 9:46 am, Omi Chiba <ochib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >I love the framework but hate the name Web2py
>
> > > Honestly, I agree. Django sounds cool but not web2py. I like
gluon
> > > better :)
>
> > > On Nov 30, 9:16 am, António Ramos <ramstei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I love the framework but hate the name Web2py
> > > > Everyone uses names related to animals, objects,etc. At
least it gives
> > a
> > > > better change for a nice logo.
>
> > > > Best regards
>
> > > > 2011/11/30 stefaan <stefaan.hi...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > > Web2py default layouts certainly have come a long way
since the
> > (IMHO,
> > > > > quite awful :p ) fluorescent orange and black-green looks.
>
> > > > > I do seem to miss some "best-practices" documentation
about how to
> > > > > effectively apply themes to a web2py application. The
downloadable
> > > > > themes do not always properly display the newer widgets
(like
> > > > > sqlform.grid), leaving me (as a css nitwit) not much
option but to
> > use
> > > > > the default layout. Unlike web2py functionality, the css
classes do
> > > > > not seem to be kept backward compatible (your layout
won't be
> > > > > overwritten if you upgrade to a newer web2py, but if you
want the
> > > > > newer features to render properly you may have to
manually merge old
> > > > > layouts with newer layouts)
>
> > > > > <handwaving>
> > > > > I'm wondering if there aren't any WYSIWYM web layout
solutions (what-
> > > > > you-see-is-what-you-mean, a web equivalent to LaTeX
macros for
> > > > > printable documents), e.g. providing standardized css
classes that
> > all
> > > > > scaffolding applications/widgets/user views ought to
restrict
> > > > > themselves to. Themes would also have to be implemented
in terms of
> > > > > those standardized css classes, hopefully leading to a
smoother
> > > > > theming experience. Approaches like the "ui" argument in
sqlform.grid
> > > > > do not seem ideal to me.
> > > > > </handwaving>
>
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