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Mageia is for everyone +</I>>>>>><i> around the +</I>>>>>><i> world, and since it is a community rather than a business, it has +</I>>>>>><i> a bigger +</I>>>>>><i> interest in the needs of everyone, and not just meeting some small +</I>>>>>><i> niche, +</I>>>>>><i> but meets peoples needs on a global aspect. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Maybe the above logo can be make to look more like the earth. And +</I>>>>>><i> the part +</I>>>>>><i> that looks like a flame be make to look more like Mageia bringing +</I>>>>>><i> the world +</I>>>>>><i> together. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> That could be accomplished by outlining the "flame" in dark blue or +</I>>>>><i> black. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I'd rather the flame not be outlined at all but look like an actual +</I>>>><i> flame, +</I>>>><i> indistinct at the edges, rising from a crystal ball. With the stylized, +</I>>>><i> bounded flame it looks rinky dink, toylike, and sharpening the +</I>>>><i> boundedness +</I>>>><i> only exacerbates the problem. The visual elements of a logo don't +</I>>>><i> *have* +</I>>>><i> to literal-mindedly combine to spell out a meaning. At least, +</I>>>><i> perusing the +</I>>>><i> submissions, I don't see anything as ugly as SUSE's (gecko?). +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Dale Huckeby +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Of course ! +</I>>><i> A crystal ball would inspire trust in a Linux operating system. +</I>>><i> Somehow, I'm not quite sure that most potential users would trust +</I>>><i> "magic" for serious tools that should always work. +</I>>><i> Did someone say "rinky dink, toylike" ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Personally, I would just like for it to be eye-catching and look nice. +</I>Definitely a plus. + +><i> I'd be pretty shallow and gullible if I trusted *or* distrusted Mageia +</I>><i> due to the shape of its logo rather than personal experience or word +</I>><i> of mouth. +</I>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* + +><i> If people perceive Mageia as trustworthy its logo will evoke +</I>><i> that judgment because it's associated with Mageia, not because it's the +</I>><i> source of the judgment. +</I>But would you really "trust" a complex product like an operating system +before trying it ? +I wouldn't. And I'm a programmer. +><i> +</I>><i> Dale Huckeby +</I> +another 2 cents :) + +- André +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003092.html">[Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003091.html">[Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3106">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3106">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3106">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3106">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |