It's quite funny to see how GNOME HIG advises to avoid body parts, but the actual GNOME logo is a foot(print). Do people in Thailand give the same reaction if the logo was a shoe? :) If not http://tango.freedesktop.org/favicon.ico could be an option.
Hylke On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have thought about this issue for a while whether it > should be raised or not, as the logo has been in use > for a long time. And I'm not sure if it's ever discussed > anywhere about the cultural issue with the GNOME's > foot logo, which may obstruct GNOME promotion in > some way. > > In Thai culture, and I'm pretty sure also in the nearby > regions, showing foot is considered rude, as it's the > lowest part of the body. And a variation of the word > 'foot' in Thai is used for scolding, in the tone close to > "f**k" or "b*tch" in English. > > I have had hard times introducing GNOME to Thai people > who never know about it before, and their reactions > are awkward when seeing the foot logo. I have to > explain that it's a footprint, not the foot itself. But that > doesn't help much, as footprint also indicates treading > with a foot. > > Some people simply refuse GNOME with the reason > that it's impolite. > > That sometimes makes me feel uncomfortable to > promote GNOME to new users as-is, or with > distributions that try to keep upstream look-and-feels > like Debian. But with Ubuntu or Fedora, where the > main menu logo is replaced with something else, > that's more OK. Just avoid letting them see the animated > foot on Epiphany or Nautilus, until they are familiar with > GNOME enough. > > I don't know if this is an issue for other cultures. > Just want to raise it for awareness on an obstacle. > > Should there be an alternative logo for GNOME? > For example, using a gnome head instead is OK. > > Regards, > -- > Theppitak Karoonboonyanan > http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list