we should invite the guy who did the firefox icon to our icon competition.-R
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:22:04 -0500, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cristian Driga wrote: > > > There are various tasks related to graphics which need completed for the > > 2.0 release and also for the new website homepage. > > One more: An icon. > > What I mean by that is a cool image that represents OOo, but fits in a > square. Our current logo is rectangular and it doesn't work well as an > icon or a button. The icon should ideally be pure-image, no text (due to > size issues). Think of the icons for Firefox, Thunderbird, Netscape and > Gimp. You get the idea. > > OOo really needs something like that. Especially if we can make it *cool* > like Firefox and Thunderbird. > > I went to the presentation on how they marketed Firefox. And one of the > things they worked on was on making an image like what I just described. > At first they advertised it everywhere, people got used to it. And now, > when people see the Firefox icon they inmediately recognize it, even > without the text "Firefox". > > This icon should "go well" with the splash screen that we have. The splash > screen has set the stage for our visual image. > > I wouldn't be opposed to an icon competition, similar to the splash screen > competition. > > Cheers, > -- > Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, > Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. > http://oooauthors.org | > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- _________________________ Ryan Singer Editor In Chief, The Sentinel http://foothillsentinel.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
