I still say it'd be better to use something other than .org, even if it meant a name change to something close but not trademarked. I don't think names are a light issue either, especially since really, that's the first exposure someone's going to have to the product.
Ben On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Christoph Noack <christ...@dogmatux.com>wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I know that this sometimes is a bit ... strange. Especially since nobody > really cares about the proper naming (e.g. in the press). However, here > is the reason: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#4 > > Cheers, > Christoph > > Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 15:59 -0500 schrieb Ben Pracht: > > There's something that's bothered me since I started using OpenOffice > which > > I wish also got changed, which was the use of OOo or appending .org at > the > > end of it. The first one reminds me of the acronym for Out of Office, or > > some sort of impolite personal accident. Appending .org seems > superfluous. > > It's also easier to roll off your tongue if you can just say OpenOffice > or > > something like that. I'd suggest the next time branding issues come up > in a > > somewhat major way to take up investigating this. > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Christoph Noack <christ...@dogmatux.com > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Sophie, hi Miroslav! > > > > > > Miroslav, you asked for the colors in the ODF icons. As I understood > > > Sophie, there might be a chance to improve the usability and branding > of > > > the currently ODF-only icons. Personally, I don't know ... there have > > > been many questions, but no real comment by one of the team members. So > > > if this is important to you (as it is to me), please follow Sophie's > > > hint to join the branding effort and help us to drive that topic. > > > > > > In the meantime, there has been a request by Bernhard to the Community > > > Council. He asks why there hasn't been any community involvement with > > > regard to the ODF icons ... currently there are (slow) discussions > going > > > on. [1] > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Christoph > > > > > > [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Agenda > > > (2010-04-29#2< > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Agenda%0A%282010-04-29#2>Missing > OOo desktop presence) > > > > > > Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 20:23 +0200 schrieb Sophie: > > > > Hi Miroslav, > > > > Miroslav Mazel wrote: > > > > > We've been discussing the omission of color pretty thoroughly since > > > > the OOo > > > > > branding was changed, but it seems that it lead to... nothing. Is > > > > the lack > > > > > of color in application icons and file icons final? Could we have > an > > > > > official vote on this? > > > > > > > > This is not final and if you want to follow/help on this, the > > > > discussions happen on the branding list > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > >
