> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Rob Vermeulen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 februari 2004 23:33
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: new mmbase logo
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> > discussion. I have twoo questions:
> > 
> > 1 do people genearally think the mmbase logo needs an update?
> 
> The point i want to make here, is that the branding of the 
> MMBase logo 
> is quite strong. Changing names, logos, styles makes it harder for 
> people to recognice MMBase.
> 

ok, that's clear enough. I guess i get carried away a little by projects
like firefox, jedit and sodipodi (the program i used to create the images).
Personally i like good artwork and it allso inspires confidece in the
product. Most people don't take long to form a first impression of
something, and the way things look often have a lot to do with it.


> The MMBase logo is already the same since this project became open 
> source (april 2000), and the logo has been used in books, 
> presentations, 
> thesis, documentation, mugs, and is familiar by many people, more and 
> more. As far as i know it is even registered. Just to keep 
> this strong 
> recognicion and keep this strong branding i would not encourage to 
> change the logo.

it is allso possible to upgrade a logo without breaking it in terms of
recognisability. A good example of that is the internet explorer logo.

> 
> I like the powered by logo, and i would encourage a logo page at 
> mmbase.org with the logos that people can use. If i have some time i 
> will search for some MMBase logos. (e.g. we have the MMBase logo 
> inversed so it can be easily added in documentation.) The 
> default MMBase 
> logo can be found at http://www.mmbase.org/logo.
> 

the powered by logo is nice, but i don't think that a lot of people are
going to stick those on their mmbase created websites, considering these
sites usually have their own branding, style and corporate identity.

ernst



> Rob
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