Dale Huckeby a écrit :
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, andre999 wrote:
Dale Huckeby a écrit :
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010, Hoyt Duff wrote:
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Wayne Sallee
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hoyt Duff wrote on 11/18/2010 02:19 PM:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54167...@n08/5011126293/
Sphere would be ideal candidate for a world globe.
I like the idea of of the world idea. Mageia is for everyone
around the
world, and since it is a community rather than a business, it has
a bigger
interest in the needs of everyone, and not just meeting some small
niche,
but meets peoples needs on a global aspect.
Maybe the above logo can be make to look more like the earth. And
the part
that looks like a flame be make to look more like Mageia bringing
the world
together.
That could be accomplished by outlining the "flame" in dark blue or
black.
I'd rather the flame not be outlined at all but look like an actual
flame,
indistinct at the edges, rising from a crystal ball. With the stylized,
bounded flame it looks rinky dink, toylike, and sharpening the
boundedness
only exacerbates the problem. The visual elements of a logo don't
*have*
to literal-mindedly combine to spell out a meaning. At least,
perusing the
submissions, I don't see anything as ugly as SUSE's (gecko?).
Dale Huckeby
Of course !
A crystal ball would inspire trust in a Linux operating system.
Somehow, I'm not quite sure that most potential users would trust
"magic" for serious tools that should always work.
Did someone say "rinky dink, toylike" ?
Personally, I would just like for it to be eye-catching and look nice.
Definitely a plus.
I'd be pretty shallow and gullible if I trusted *or* distrusted Mageia
due to the shape of its logo rather than personal experience or word
of mouth.
Others might say that you would have to be pretty shallow and gullible
if you base trust on word of mouth.
You have to realise that there are mamy cultural reasons why people may
trust/mistrust, find interesting/uninteresting various products.
Firstly, the logo in question is typical of a natural gas ad in North
America.
Also used by companies selling associated appliances.
So using such a logo would be negative in the sense of signalling
"uninteresting", *before* a potential user has tried Mageia. At least
in North America.
The magic theme would also have negative connotations for most potential
users in North America, largely based on historical abuses, and the
general disdain for "magic". To most it means "not serious".
When I say negative connotations, I mean that people will just turn off
and not read further. They often won't even realise that Mageia is a
serious Linux distribution.
And if they do but don't know what that means, that won't induce the
curiosity to find out.
Which is why we need a logo that is interesting, but neutral in certain
important aspects.
For North America that means *No magic* and *no natural gas*
If people perceive Mageia as trustworthy its logo will evoke
that judgment because it's associated with Mageia, not because it's the
source of the judgment.
But would you really "trust" a complex product like an operating system
before trying it ?
I wouldn't. And I'm a programmer.
Dale Huckeby
another 2 cents :)
- André
