On 06/18/2010 07:10 PM, Caleb James DeLisle wrote: > > > Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: >> On 06/18/2010 02:44 PM, Ciprian Amaritei wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Check the proposal I have made for Invitation app here: >>> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Ciprian/Invitation%20icon >>> All suggestions are welcomed! >>> >> >> Hm, although it respects Caleb's hints, I don't quite like either >> proposal. Looking at it, it doesn't suggest "invitation" at all, but >> mailserver configuration (which we actually do have in the "General" >> administrative category). A good option would be to actually make a new >> category for the mailserver settings and use one of these icons. >> >> Searching for "Invitation" on Google Image Search, I noticed two things: >> >> - invitation envelopes have a ribbon + knot on them, and they don't >> usually get sent via landmail (thus no stamps nor postal markings) >> - invitations start with handwritten "You're Invited" (see >> http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7DmaO_QbCcmK0M:http://www.misquincemag.com/cm/misquincemag/images/quinceanera-invitation-xlg.jpg >> for an example) >> >> So, a suggestion would be to eliminate the stamp and instead use a >> ribbon around the envelope. >> >> Another suggestion would be to use an open envelope and a letter with >> You're Invited on it. >> >> Also, I'm not sure the XWiki (SAS) logo should be there, since normally >> people using XWiki don't see that logo, so it's a bit confusing. > > All points are valid IMO except the logo is still the xwiki.org logo since > negotiations seem to have fallen apart on choosing a new one. Also it will > only > be used in the administration interface and people there will likely know what > they are administrating.
This is not about the XWiki SAS / XWiki org logo, but about the fact that it is the XWiki logo, and most times people don't keep that logo. XWiki is merely a tool which powers people's applications. It's like putting the MS Visual Studio logo in every application compiled with it. Do users know what was used to compile a binary application? Probably not. It's not entirely the same situation, but close enough. Another scenario: custom deployments. Netcipia users don't believe they use XWiki, they use Netcipia, and the X doesn't mean anything to them. > I'm happy with whatever, I'll apply the current #2 logo and if a different one > is made before release day and the community finds it better, I'll change. > > Caleb > >> >>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Caleb James DeLisle< >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Cool. >>>> >>>> The invitation application sends email to people and invites them to join >>>> the wiki. >>>> If it's a closed wiki then the email may grant authority to join. >>>> I was thinking something with an envelope and a postmark or something like >>>> that. >>>> I'm sure you will come up with something great. >>>> -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
