Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I do disagree with the idea
of having a mascot (at least as the logo). I love open source but to be
honest I find animal logos like Tux, Konqi, Geeko, Druplicon, Firefox
etc. far to geeky and a bit of an embarrassment (even though Linux, KDE,
openSUSE, Drupal and Firefox are my favorite opensource projects).
Also I think it's false that bright colours appeal to young people
(unless they are under 10).
These suggestions remind me of the Perl 6 logo 'Camelia' (which I find
horrid) http://perl6.org/
Which I think is the result of Larry Wall - the ultimate geek - having
too much of his praised 'hubris', thinking he is better at designing a
logo than trained graphic designers (I don't think he would be so
positive of a graphic designer attempting to design a compiler)
(I lost some respect for Larry, who is a hero to me, over the way he
forced his logo ideas on the project - he had said that Perl 6 was the
community's rewrite of Perl, but in this respect he had no openness to
community opinion)
Consider the Apple iPhone, it has broad appeal including young people,
geeks, business people, male, female. The design of the phone and the OS
is not gimicky but minimal and stylish. This isn't an accident it is the
result of thoughtful design by experts. (I don't even like Apple, just
recognise good design)
Obviously, the Nemo project can only make use of resources and people
that are available to it, but I would rather defer (visual) design
decisions to people who have experience with such things.
Obviously, this is just my opinion.
Thanks,
Ross.
On 11/10/12 04:58, Hernán Ramírez wrote:
I think the vivid colors attract more to the early adopters(which are
mostly young people). Colors like the yellow, blue, green, red and
purple would be a good choice.
Trying to get an animal around this colors would be a nice way to get
a brand and a pet. Just like openSuse's lizard, KDE's Konqui, etc.
Tizastatico
