My issue with the logos presented was they made solr look like a
school project instead of the powerful tool that it is. The tricked
out font or whatever just usually doesn't play well with the business
types... they want serious-looking software. First impressions are
everything. While the fiery colors are appropriate for something
named Solr, you can play with that without getting silly - take a look
at:
http://www.ascsolar.com/images/asc_solar_splash_logo.gif
http://www.logostick.com/images/EOS_InvestmentingLogo_lg.gif
(Luckily there are many businesses that do solar energy!)
They have the same elements but with a certain simplicity and elegance.
I know probably some people don't care if it makes the boss or client
happy, but, these are the kinds of seemingly insignificant things that
make people choose a bad, proprietary piece of junk over something
solid and open-source... it's all about appearances! The people
making the decision often have little else to go on, unfortunately.
--
Steve
On Aug 5, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Lukáš Vlček wrote:
Hi,
I would like to give it a shot. Are there any solr logo success
criteria/requirements? Any hints or suggestions from community is
welcomed.
Just close your eyes, start dreaming and send my couple of words
about what
you see... I am all ears.
Also I found that the wiki mentions some
genesis<http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ#head-6d74c2bb4171b0908a4695cbb24acd368a29dc06
>of
Solar/Solr technology but still I don't understand if the relation to
sun
is intentional or coincidence.
Regards,
Lukas
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Norberto Meijome
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:29:30 -0700
Ryan McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If there is a still room for new log design for Solr and the
community is
open for it then I can try to come up with some proposal. Doing
logo
for
Mahout was really interesting experience.
In my opinion, yes.... I'd love to see more effort put towards the
logo. I have stayed out of this discussion since I don't really
think
any of the logos under consideration are complete. (I begged some
friends to do two of the three logos under consideration) I would
love to refine them, but time... oooh time.
+1
If we are going to change what we have, i'd love to see some more
options ,
or
better quality - no offence meant , but those "logos" aren't really
a huge
improvement or departure from the current one.
I think whatever we change to we'll be wanting to use it for a long
time.
B
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