From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 21:09:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3566016A52D for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:09:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from engine140.deployzone.net (engine140.deployzone.net [193.17.85.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D74743D2F for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:09:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@czv.com) Received: from adsl-212-90-218-5.cybernet.ch [212.90.218.5] by engine140.deployzone.net; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:09:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: <420FB80B.7040209@nbritton.org> References: <736EAA55-5B8B-11D9-ACB2-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><20050102110732.GB861@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050103232207.GA44980@gothmog.gr><9FC79942-5DE3-11D9-BEAB-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><517329304.20050213155432@wanadoo.fr> <420FB80B.7040209@nbritton.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Zumbrunn Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:09:47 +0100 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rework of the FreeBSD website[was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:09:54 -0000 On Feb 13, 2005, at 9:26 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > Chris Zumbrunn writes: > >> I've updated the html based mockups to incorporate changes I made >> resulting from the recent discussions (mainly on the advocacy list). >> >> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1h.html >> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb2h.html >> > I see you've been pugging way at it sense your last post on www, I > like even more then before... but still, respectfully, I don't like > your logo(s) :-) and here's why (constructive criticism): > > *FreeBSD is FreeBSD not FREEBSD. Also "FreeBSD" is trademarked the > other is not. You're referring to the US/UK/German/Japanese trademark the FreeBSD foundation recently got from Windriver, correct? Is that now a logo trademark or a word trademark? Word trademarks never differentiate between small and capitalized letters. If the trademark is limited to just the "FreeBSD" version then it isn't a word trademark. > *beastie.gif, the beastie in this logo looks disturbed and > threatening. I get anxious and agitated when I look at him, make him > more happy, playful, cute, etc.... > http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/glenda.html I've since simplified the new Beastie silhouette even more, which certainly doesn't help to make him more happy, playful or cute. Not sure if I can help with that. > *freehorns.gif, looks like a Viking helmet. > > *freehornsntail.gif, looks like a Viking with a pointy tail. > > freehorns2.gif and freehornsntail2.gif are the ones I like most out of > the bunch. The point of all these logos was to show that while it would be possible to go in that typical "more corporate" direction, ultimately no such logo can beat Beastie. Here are some more... http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap5.gif http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap4.gif http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap3.gif http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap2.gif ...and my favorite of the bunch... http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdlogo.gif But, in my opinion, none of them can beat this one: http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsd.gif Chris chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum