Well we need something that looks good in the top bar of the site... anything under 100px is fine... though when you grow vertically beyond 75px is starts to take too much room.
On 18 December 2013 16:39, Kristian Rosenvold <kristian.rosenv...@gmail.com>wrote: > What's the 75px requirement ? Is it an apache requirement that the logo > must be sinfully ugly ? > > Kristian > > > > 2013/12/18 Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > > > More emphasis on the glasses... > > > > https://twitter.com/connolly_s/status/413346357487730688/photo/1 > > > > > > On 18 December 2013 16:28, Stephen Connolly < > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > > > Get doodling... > > > > > > > > > On 18 December 2013 16:22, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> I think the logo should emphasis what the name "maven" means: someone > > who > > >> is an expert or connoisseur. Actually, I think the glasses on that > > animal > > >> brings out that imagery -- although I would like to see it emphasized > > >> more. > > >> The expertise could be also include "blocks" since modules/projects > are > > >> the > > >> building blocks of maven. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Stephen Connolly < > > >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > For Benson... and just to put another one in the hat... > > >> > > > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4.png > > >> > > > >> > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4-big.png > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On 18 December 2013 15:38, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Benson Margulies < > > bimargul...@gmail.com > > >> > > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > > Personally, I think we need a new POM version to drive us > forward. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > I agree. If no one else gets to it I'll write up something over > the > > >> > > holidays to distill what Stephen has written and try and formalize > > >> some > > >> > > minimal requirements and desires. > > >> > > > > >> > > > As a visual goes, I'd look for something like a beaver (who > builds > > >> > > > things) wearing geek eye-glasses (indicating 'it's a maven'). > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > For the love of god (if that happens to be your thing) please do > not > > >> use > > >> > a > > >> > > beaver. Go ask your closest English speaking North American why > > that's > > >> > not > > >> > > a good choice. No one wants to see the maven-beaver-plugin. > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Connolly > > >> > > > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Tomcat... well they have a cat... fair enough > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Hadoop... has an elephant > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Hama has a hippo > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Solr has a sunrise > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Jackrabbit has a rabbit > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Chemistry has a test tube > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Openoffice has some abstract flying birds on a blue sky > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Karaf has a beaker with a feather on top > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ODE has a conductor with a feather instead of a batton > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Ant has the ant > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Flex has some strange abstract flexy thing > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Marmotta has a gopher > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Hive has an elephant-bee hybrid > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> There is a limit to how many visually distinct animals you can > > >> render > > >> > > for a > > >> > > >> 75px tall image placeholder... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> But seriously, we just want something that is more than just > our > > >> name > > >> > > in a > > >> > > >> fancy font. I think we need a mascot to help drive us > onwards... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -Stephen > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 18 December 2013 13:27, Benson Margulies < > > bimargul...@gmail.com > > >> > > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> A large, not very bright, species of deer that wears giant > > antlers > > >> > and > > >> > > >>> attacks what it doesn't understand. If that's what strikes you > > >> all as > > >> > > >>> a great metaphor for us, Maven, or both, go right ahead. > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Thanks, > > >> > > > > >> > > Jason > > >> > > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > Jason van Zyl > > >> > > Founder, Apache Maven > > >> > > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Cheers, > > >> Paul > > >> > > > > > > > > >
