Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:30:39 -0500 From: Sigmascape1@cs.com To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? Message-ID: <39703F0F.4E843084.3F8EDD3A@cs.com>
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I think the daemon is totally cool, and should not be changed. If you want to 'pretty FreeBSD up," I would suggest, if anything, a revamped set of marketing collateral. The website itself is solid, I have no real issues with it. The marketing material I am thinking of is web-based and print-based. FreeBSD could benefit greatly from some PDFs a person could download and distribute to potential users. Thanks. MLF www.sigmascape.com >Hello. > >I am writing this e-mail hoping that someone will share my thoughts >on how the world's best operating system should represent its attributes >and users to the rest of the world. > >Being an architect as well as graphic designer, I feel it is about time >for a complete revamp of the visual aesthetics of the FreeBSD project. >The current logo and everything pertaining to it has long since lost its >modern touch. I believe that if this image is strenghtened, so is the >way outsiders view the FreeBSD project and the way they would judge it >compared to other open source operating systems. > >1. Not only is the logo misleading (associating evil) but it also looks > like something 10-year-olds could produce in Paint Shop Pro ten years > ago. OpenBSD has an artistic touch to theirs, however I was very > disappointed when I heard that the new NetBSD logo was in effect. > >2. If it wasn't for the interesting content and structure of the FreeBSD > website, it would be among the less beautiful. Yes, it serves its > purpose well by being simple and straight to the point. But a redesign > could offer just the same -- simplicity and accuracy -- without being > ugly. > >3. The installation, even though it's text-only, could also be improved > by simple restructuring to act more cognitive and human-centered than > previously. Everything pertaining to the eye is important to improve. > >4. There should be some kind of FreeBSD business card and letterhead > available to all that support this project. > >How do I know though, that if I manage to pull together a team to work >on this refined vision, that we won't be totally ignored even though we >produce the most magnificent result? > >Anyone that are interested, please reply ;-) > >Sincerely, >Johann Manaf Tepstad >-- >j. >
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