> As far as the current logo, it has served the project well but it > definitely looks dated. [3] It's basically a two-color unaliased > bitmap that harkens back to icons of 1980's and 1990's. My personal > preference for a new logo would be an evolution of the current design. > Ideally it would scale, perhaps with modifications, to work from > small sizes (for a window titlebar) to large (for the website, e.g.). > The historical evolution of the Mozilla Firefox logo might provide > some guidance. [4][5][6] > > Or we could go in a completely new direction. For what it's worth, > I've been using Cygwin for years and had no idea about the hippo > artwork. > > -David > > [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00700.html > [2] http://cygwin.codecamel.com/ > [3] http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-icon.gif > [4] http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/logo/download.html > [5] http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2004/february/brandingmozilla > [6] http://www.actsofvolition.com/files/mozillabranding/
Just personally I LIKE the ASCII art hippo. It demonstrates an ability to use primitive and CONCISE represntations for information - captures the essence without the extraneous junk. Today we are seeing lots of bloated things cause disruptions- bw wasting apps killed ATT with iPhone for example- and trying to do anything with windoze always seems to stick you with waste that actually makes automation harder- like replacing ssh with remote desktop. If pointing could replace a tractable alphabet and elaborate cave drawings could replace equations and computer code I may agree with you but you don't want to obscure the raison d'etre of the site. How much ASCII art do you see these days? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- marchy...@gmail.com note new address 2009-12-16: Mike Marchywka 1975 Village Round Marietta GA 30064 415-264-8477 (w)<- use this 404-788-1216 (C)<- leave message 989-348-4796 (P)<- emergency only marchy...@hotmail.com Note: If I am asking for free stuff, I normally use for hobby/non-profit information but may use in investment forums, public and private. Please indicate any concerns if applicable. Note: hotmail is censoring incoming mail using random criteria beyond my control and often hangs my browser but all my subscriptions are here..., try also marchy...@yahoo.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple