Great idea! Easy to name, broad associations, and beautiful artwork including tatoos (for those who really love the product) and sticker pins. Unfortunately there is http://www.dragonflybsd.org/images/ (never heard before). Challenge for designer to make it look different?
2017-04-04 11:18 GMT+02:00 K-J LibreOffice <k...@libreoffice.org>: > Hi all, > what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné > called it: "Libellula" and so we get to "LibO". > > It is an animal which we can find all over the world (except Antarctica). > > "They are fast, agile fliers, sometimes migrating across oceans [...] They > are symbols of courage, strength, and happines [...]". [1] > > "Dragonflies are strong fliers with fairly robust bodies" [2] > "Dragonflies are powerful and agile fliers, capable of migrating across > oceans, moving in any direction, and changing direction suddenly. In flight, > the adult dragonfly can propel itself in six directions: upward, downward, > forward, back, to left and to right. > [...] The wings are powered directly, with the flight muscles attached to > the wing bases. Dragonflies have a high power/weight ratio, and have been > documented accelerating at 4 G linearly and 9 G in sharp turns while > pursuing prey.[" > > They are beautiful with many different colours. > They are grown up from larvae (OOO). > They are predators (@Cor). > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonata > > > > > Am 04.04.2017 um 08:55 schrieb Heiko Tietze: >> >> 2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY <webmas...@krackedpress.com>: >>> >>> For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various >>> platforms. So far, LO has taken over Linux's platforms from >>> OpenOffice.org >>> - from day one. Then Windows and Mac platforms came quickly. Although >>> LO >>> has not made really much headway against MS Office, to me it seems LO is >>> slowly gaining a market share a little at a time. LO is working on an >>> Android version and later I do not doubt Apple's IOS will see a version. >> >> >> Sounds like a cute virus :-) >> (Such a mascot would have the added value of being a massage ball) >> >> As an intermediate state, the metaphors we do have so far: >> >> * Freedom (dove like bird, though occupied by Apache OpenOffice; and >> disliked by some) >> * Speed/Improvement (fast birds) >> * (Smart and not aggressive) Hunter (bird of prey, raptor) >> * Intelligence (Weimeraner dog on G+ "good hunter and faithful pet but >> requires lots of exercise") >> * Openness >> * Documents/Wisdom (Owl) >> * Cuteness / Seven lives (Big? grumpy? kitten or puppy dog) >> * Speed (Horse, though used by EuroOffice; and disliked by some) >> >> That's a pretty good basis for skilled designers. Anything else? >> > > > -- > Grüße > k-j > > Member of TheDocumentFoundation > https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/members/ > https://de.libreoffice.org > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
