It's quite unfortunate that this has been the reaction, since it was never intended...
Let me see how can I fix that. On Friday, December 21, 2012, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 20.12.2012 13:35, janI wrote: > >> I am also no desgner, and like the more fresh look. >> >> However I showed to a friend visiting, and the first reaction was..."oooh >> AOO is already ready for windows8", it seems that the 4 squares (not >> identical) are used quite a lot inside windows8. >> >> > That was more or less also my reaction - I am not alone. > The squares really looking like "Windows 8 tiles". > > Thus, I am currently not favor of this approach. > > Best regards, Oliver. > > > If that is the case, we should change it....maybe not use squares but e.g. > balloons. > > We also have to remember that it must be convertable (or redrawn) as a > favicon, that is only 16x16. > > thanks for taking time to make the proposal, and despite my concerns it is > the best I have seen so far ! > > Jan. > > On 20 December 2012 11:02, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12/20/12 6:14 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: > > imacat, > Your comments are so professional! :-) > Personally I like this logo design more comparing to other candidates > > in > > wiki< > > https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/** > AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations> > > . > Thanks Michael! > While we may also want to update the app icon design as the next step > > for > > consistent L&F... > > > I think Michaels proposal is the beginning of hopefully more. I > personally see a reused old orb + some new elements. But the squares > remind me to windows and the colors don't fit really together from my > point of view. > > We should think about something really new and fresh with or without the > gulls. > > We should think for what OpenOffice and Apache stands for > > - free office software for the public good > - for many million users all over the world > - many languages > - .... > > We should think about something that can maybe visualize some of these > attributes and can transport the message in one or multiple combined > graphical elements. > > Too bad that I am no designer, but I will try to think about ideas and > will at least share my ideas with you. > > Juergen > > > - Shenfeng (Simon) > > > > > 2012/12/20 imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> > > Some honest thoughts: > > 1. These flat 3D plates feel a little weird. The lights of the > plates has the focus effect, but the lights of the plates have not. > > 2. I cannot see the connection of these plates with our four > components easily, as the colors of Writer, Calc, Impress and Base are > not Blue, Orange, Green and Purple. And we have other components such > as Math and Draw. > > 3. The directions of the lights are contradictory. The lights of > the orb come from above, while the lights of the plates (and also the > plate of the orb) come from right. > > But still, thanks you very much for this great effort. > > On 2012/12/20 09:33, Michael Acevedo said: > > Greetings to the AOO Team! > > Hello, after a few months of inactivity I've decided to get back in > > touch > > with the AOO community. First, congratulations to the AOO team on > a successful graduation into a top-level Apache project from the Apache > Incubator. > > Now the reason on why I am writing this email is to formally submit a > > logo > > proposal for the next version of the Apache OpenOffice 4.X logo. > Previously, I submitted an initial logo on the Apache OpenOffice > > Google+ > > community but I went back to the drawing board and created a second > > -- Best, Michael
