ahh... that makes sense. A bad product with a cool icon is better than a great product with an uncool icon? Is that from Marketing 101?
On Jul 1, 10:46 am, Kirby <ki...@wallaceinfo.com> wrote: > Dude... (or is that Dr. Dude?)... I didn't say anything about > changing the name of the product. I suggeted making a change to the > icon. > > Put some flames on it. If you made them blue flames, it could be a > vodka soaked cockroach on fire. Now THAT would be cool! > > But right now, when FF opens, the first thing you think is, "ugh, a > roach"... "How do you know it's a roach?" "It looks like one!" ;-) > > BTW - I took a gander at that wiki page you mentioned. The icon > doesn't even look like a firebug at all. It looks like a lightning > bug. A firebug is slightly more pear shaped, is bright orange/red, > with a black triangle and two black circles... at least on the wiki > page you sent. But it does look quite similar to a lightning bug > which has the right shape, color, and striations. > > But all that is besides the point. The point is, if you are going to > go for market penetration, you need something eye-catching and kick- > ass in the eye-candy department. The last thing you want to associate > the name with is The Primordial Feeling Of "Eeew!" > > BTW - did I mention just how cool the product itself actually IS? ;-) > > Kirby L. Wallace > > On Jul 1, 10:29 am, johnjbarton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote: > > > Kirby what are you talking about here? You think our icon looks like > > an insect you are familiar with. Fine. The name of our project is > > Firebug. Some graphics guy made a cool icon of what he thought a > > Firebug looked like. Turns out there is a real insect called a > > Firebug and it looks pretty close to the icon. That's all there is to > > it. What do you want? You want us to change the name of the project > > to Firefly because you have a phobia about an insect that looks like > > our icon? Talk about lalalalala. > > > jjb > > > On Jul 1, 8:08 am, Kirby <ki...@wallaceinfo.com> wrote: > > > > This kind of snobishness is exactly the reason why I hate hanging > > > around with open source people. > > > > The icon is a marketing nightmare. It sucks. > > > > The answer isn't to at first contradict anyone who brings it up, and > > > then follow up by sticking your fingers in your ear, saying "lalalala > > > I can't hear you". > > > > This is pretty much why Mickey-softs inferior products, inferior > > > though they certainly are, yet control the market. Because people CAN > > > actually use them and the community there is actually helpful and > > > LISTENS TO USER INPUT without a holier than thou attitude. > > > > On Jul 1, 9:45 am, johnjbarton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote: > > > > > Ok, fine it looks like a cockroach. It's "web development evolved", > > > > not "Entomology in web design". Or even "Etymology in newsgroup > > > > postings" ;-) > > > > > jjb > > > > > On Jul 1, 7:33 am, Kirby <ki...@wallaceinfo.com> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah... so you said. > > > > > > Looks like a cockroach. > > > > > > "Contradiction isn't argument. Contradiction is just the automatic > > > > > gainsaying of anything the other person says. It isn't just saying > > > > > 'no it isn't'." "Yes it is." "NO IT ISN'T...." > > > > > > On Jul 1, 9:27 am, johnjbarton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Firebugs are not roaches nor are they > > > > > > fireflys:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > On Jul 1, 7:16 am, Kirby <ki...@wallaceinfo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Firebug is really a quantum leap forward for us web developers. > > > > > > > But > > > > > > > that firebug looks like a roach. And I live in Florida, so I > > > > > > > know all > > > > > > > too well what both lightning bugs (firebugs) and roaches looks > > > > > > > like. > > > > > > > > This is a roach. > > > > > > > > Any chance someone might take, oh... four minutes and change it a > > > > > > > bit. > > > > > > > > Put some flames on it. Then, if it absolutely must look like a > > > > > > > roach, > > > > > > > it will look like a roach on fire... And that'd be way cool all > > > > > > > by > > > > > > > itself! > > > > > > > > Kirby L. Wallace > > > > > > > (who now resides in Oklahoma - and yes, there are roaches here > > > > > > > too).- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to firebug@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to firebug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
