> But I have to admit I cringe somewhat when I see its 'pacifier' icon on > my Palm screen. I'm not sure what the connection is between a superb > off-line hypertext browser and a tool for calming crying babies.
Why, you 'Pluck' the pacifier out of their mouths, and that's what causes the crying. Most logos don't have much to do with their product, that makes them stronger differentiator logos in the field. An 'apple' icon doesn't have much to do with computers, but less computer competitors can make a computer with an apple-like thing on it. (There is some background possible stories about that icon though, such as it is a bitten apple to represent knowledge, or perhaps even the knowledge of good and evil). The pacifier does raise a few questionmarks in corporate deployments that otherwise might choose Plucker, though, if not for a pacifier. [You may have noticed that the alt text on the website's logo is "What's the deal with the pacifier.] Some like the pacifier though. Some even like the chicken (which I guess has a stronger connection to 'plucking' since you can plucker feathers, but even that took me a few months to tie together). I wouldn't mind a logo submission contest, and either choose a simplified stylized pacifier or another logo, and use it consistently across everything. Some prototypes submitted, then community votes. Similar to the Debian logo decision some years back. I liked Shep Fairey's (obeygiant.com) stylized T-Rex logo that he did for Mozilla (little socialist obviously when it is in the star form, but that is pretty much what he does). The GIMP one isn't bad either, whatever that brown animal is. On the ToDo for the Desktop is to have consistent logos with the viewer, website, docs, etc. This is not a high priority, though. So that I won't have to do it a third time, I will wait until there is a consensus on a Plucker final logo, typeface, and whether the written name is 'Plucker' or 'plucker'. Best wishes, Robert _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
