On 27/09/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> Yah, perhaps "simple" is the wrong word. When I used Ubuntu I had the > >> /feeling/ of simplicity and elegance (though wireless never worked for > >> me). Someone sat down and thought the brand through at least to a > >> certain extent, and I appreciated that. I love the Java coffee cup (but > >> the old one better), but I'm confused by it living on Solaris. Then we > >> have to consider the /OpenSolaris/ brand. Now I'm confused. :) That's > >> what I mean by simple. > > > > The coffee cup is in Solaris Express and Solaris, a Sun product. I don't > > think it belongs in a community distribution. > > > I think you're right. Compounded by all the trademark & similar issues, > isn't it? > > Which begs the question... what should it get replaced with? > > I still like the notion of using lunar imagery in a few places - the moon > being the most obvious alternate celestial body. > > I figure that using the word "open", similar to what is in the middle of > the opensolaris.org front page, is probably out - though "open(2u)" might > be fun in the context of a "start button". > > Unfortunately the state of indiana doesn't lend itself well to a > horizontal button... I like maps like this one - > > http://www.generalbaptist.com/national/indiana.gif > > - with the large number of interstates ("crossroads") running through here > highlighted - even though this example is not particularly great. (and it > is missing at least one major interstate, along with pieces of a couple > others)... > > "Crossroads" might make for good conceptual branding, itself... e.g. > > http://www.fotosearch.com/thumb/DGV/DGV019/1276005.jpg
Personally, I was thinking a small "sun half-circle" with the yellow points around it would work great for the menu button. That or a vector version of the sun with a few plasma flares... -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
