I also like the first one very much. It is a nice design, it incorporates the known logo, it has the new feather! https://github.com/SiddheshRane/apache-netbeans-9.0-spash/blob/master/Apache-NetBeans-9.0-IDE.png
Nice! > On Jul 7, 2017, at 11:09 PM, Siddhesh Rane <siddheshr...@disroot.org> wrote: > > Hi, > I might be a bit late here but the topic is of importance to me. I personally > don't want netbeans to go down the windows metro look just because everyone > else is doing it. > > To summarize people here can be divided into following opinion groups: > > * Those who like the old colorful and vibrant splash screens > > * Those who like "modern" flat, single color designs, mainly to promote > netbeans as modern > > * Those who want it to be "netbeans" instead of "NetBeans", or the middle > ground of "Netbeans" > > * Those that want the Apache feather > > Based on these constraints I have come up with some splash screens at > https://github.com/SiddheshRane/apache-netbeans-9.0-spash/ > > I'm fully in favour of crowd sourcing designs and the community voting for > it. > > I feel more emphasis must be placed on netbeans being an apache project > rather than some cosmetic changes to indicate modernity. > > Regards > Siddhesh Rane