I totally agree with you that war isn't a good symbolism for this, it is one of the reasons I deleted that proposal.
The reason why I created it in the first place was the sound of "Vala": it reminds "of Valkyrie" or "Valhalla" (and if you've read the Silmarillion it reminds of the "Valar"), and ancient weapons are strongly connected to those topics, so I wanted to try working on that. But since there are better symbolisms (which also look better graphically :D), I deleted that proposal. I don't know if you've taken a look at the pdf, but there are several proposals which communicate exactly what you said: lightness, easiness, flying etc. A flying carpet isn't a bad idea but personally, I like a wing better, because it's less complex and easier to understand. in case you've missed it: symbol proposals pdf download<http://ubuntuone.com/p/1DBL/> kind regards tobias 2011/8/31 Jim Peters <j...@uazu.net> > Sam Liddicott wrote: > > >2) The symbolism of "ancient warfare" is hard to > > >understand. Probably too hard to be understood instantly by most > > >people, so I put that proposal away too. > > > > The presentation is very good. > > > > I think that symbols of weapons, killing and/or warfare should be > > avoided, having very current and unpleasant connotations for many > > people in specific locales. > > War happens -- deal with it. But anyway, Vala is not about war, not > even about posing with weapons, nor indulging in feelings of > superiority or anything like that. Vala is practical and gets the job > done. It is not an academic language made by purists or theorists. > It doesn't seem to attract zealots or fanatics -- it is relatively > humble in that sense. It makes life easier for those who use it -- > compared to the alternative tools available to do the same job. > > Getting a good visual logo can be hard. When I was involved in > OpenEEG, someone sent us a drawing of a levitating, meditating, > EEG-wired GNU, which was really perfect and said everything: > > http://openeeg.sf.net/ > > However, a programming language is more abstract. Linux has a penguin > mascot pictured with a bellyful of fish (according to Linus), which I > guess represents a feeling of comfort. > > I wonder whether we can find a feeling connection for Vala? > > To me it is about flying above all the nightmare complexity of pages > of boilerplate code that is required at the C level. So maybe > Aladdin's flying carpet? Or something else to represent the ease and > feeling of flying above complexity? > > Any other way we can represent this feeling? > > Or is there some other feeling we can associate with Vala? > > Jim > > -- > Jim Peters (_)/=\~/_(_) j...@uazu.net > (_) /=\ ~/_ (_) > Uazú (_) /=\ ~/_ (_) http:// > in Peru (_) ____ /=\ ____ ~/_ ____ (_) uazu.net > _______________________________________________ > vala-list mailing list > vala-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list >
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