I realize a monochrome icon might win a popularity vote, but I'll take a colorful icon every day. Call me vain.
On Feb 27, 2018 7:35 AM, "Christian Lenz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Therefor it could be good to have the colored one. One Color for each > Piece for example. Only an idea. > > > Cheers > > Chris > > Von: Wade Chandler > Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2018 13:25 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: The logo, once and for all? (was AW: Merged to master (was > Re: ANetBeans website proposal)) > > When we started this, and Chris did his icon, we had the NetBeans cube; > both the blue solid and the red empty sides versions. NB has had those cube > icons for decades at this point. > > Webpack, at the time of his drawing, had a cube in a translucent cube. But, > did have the hexgon outline. > > Has anyone see the latest Webpack logo? It seems to differ only in color, > as they have added boldness and contrast to the internal cube lines. > > I think it would be fair to afford some time for some modification because > of this. Just some ideas: Some extra depth to the layer around the cube > could relate to the pieces from "Fits the pieces together" as well as "into > a new dimension". Maybe even adding some tilt to the hexagon to give it a > distinct shadow. > > Wade > > > On Feb 26, 2018 06:06, "Antonio" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Chris, all, > > > > The situation with the logo is that there was a voting at [1] somewhere > in > > 2016, the most voted logo is not the one with colors, so using the one > you > > suggest (with colors) instead of the most voted one does not seem to be > > very Apache compliant, as it would be against a voting result. > > > > Also in late 2017 we opened an Apache NetBeans logo contest at [2], which > > has not been closed yet. There has been a submission in early february > 2018 > > (i.e., a few days ago) from Junichi (see [3]), which is also pretty cool, > > IMHO, and also deserves our consideration. > > > > To end up the logo discussion once and for all I propose: > > > > - Announcing closing the contest within a few days. > > - Announce a voting in the mailing list, as per the Apache way. > > > > I know this is probably lots of bureaucracy, but that's how things are > > expected to work in this Apache world, AFAIK (and please correct me if > I'm > > wrong). > > > > Kind regards, > > Antonio > > > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/NetBeans+Logo > > > > [2] > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-145 > > > > [3] > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12909573/ap > > ache-netbeans-logo.png > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: AW: Merged to master (was Re: A NetBeans website proposal) > > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:58:53 +0100 > > From: Christian Lenz <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] <[email protected] > > > > > > I would like to Change the logo to the SVG file, because it scales better > > and we don’t have any Problems with Retina and whatever, as you can see > it > > here: http://netbeans.apache.org/. I added the SVG too. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > >
