[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-09-07 Thread TonyM
On this now "completed" discussion. I would like to make a clear statement, of my opinion. *History* We should do our best to maintain our historically established "image" in the world, but the truth is TiddlyWiki is moving beyond its original, already extensive, capabilities and as has being

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-09-07 Thread Arlen Beiler
Totally! This has been my biggest pain point with TiddlyWiki. The pallate system is excellent but underused by the vanilla theme. We don't have enough good looking pallates. I made a dark background pallate that I use in all my wikis but I had to do a couple tweaks, I think. And codemirror should

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-09-05 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
I just watched this great animation: THE CAT CAME BACK. Shaking off the cat may not be easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW9f04Dctz4 ... despite fish enthusiasts ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrQWz0LXSg :-) -- You received this message

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-25 Thread barrowgloom
I have been abstaining from seriously weighing in on the subject... You really don't want input from someone who labels their "nuts n bolts" tiddlers by the following theme: smoke n mirrors now you see it... Hookah Haze (UI) abracadabra hoodoo voodoo Skunkworks Klaatu... verata... n-... that

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-25 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
bimlas wrote: > > ... I would vote ... > > - > http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/box.jpg > >

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-25 Thread bimlas
I don't mind about the logo but if I had to choose an image which represents the philosophy of TiddlyWiki, then I would vote to these: - http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/box.jpg The box from The Little Prince: it contains anything what you imagine,

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-25 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
barro...@gmail.com wrote: > Is that a call for opportunities for graphics' designers of the community? >> If you don't mind, perhaps I should post that segment of your post in a new >> thread so more noticeable than among this all the ext of this thread. > > Jeremy Ruston replied: > Great

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-25 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> Is that a call for opportunities for graphics' designers of the community? > If you don't mind, perhaps I should post that segment of your post in a new > thread so more noticeable than among this all the ext of this thread. Great idea. It would be terrific to make a clearer path for

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-24 Thread barrowgloom
Jeremy, I figured keeping with Motovun Jack also out of tradition, he was the mascot from the very beginning. And it all a matter of perspective, me and plenty others don't associate Tiddly with fish but with small and a kitten seems fitting enough for the name. Been then I copuld also be

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-23 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Hi Abraham > On 23 Aug 2018, at 11:45, abesa...@gmail.com wrote: > > How about reserving it for version X/6? Yes, indeed, TWX will represent a fresh start, perhaps with a new name and I think qualifies for a new logo… Best wishes Jeremy. -- You received this message because you are

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-23 Thread abesamma
Alan Shepard's logo design reminds me of kanji calligraphic art in Japan. I find it very soothing! On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 12:40:47 PM UTC+3, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > A short discussion starts here: > https://twitter.com/ABSamma/status/1028771729689255938 asking for a > "Fish" not a

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-23 Thread abesamma
How about reserving it for version X/6? On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 11:40:29 AM UTC+3, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Adam > > Your sketch is great — it’s lively and cheerful in a way that > non-designers like me can never achieve. I’d love to see what you can do > with more time. > > But, as

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-23 Thread abesamma
This is a fantastic candidate. Mark my words, the days of Kitty kat in the logo are numbered. ;) On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 4:19:45 PM UTC+3, Adam Shepherd wrote: > > Hello! > > New forum member here. > I discovered TW about a year ago and I'm completely in love with it since. > I never

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread John Newell
2 points : (1) apologies if i mis-comminicated that - there's no way i am suggestIng thd use of an elephant styled icon / logo . i was merely illustrating the connectons that can be made or aligned with certain animals or icons . (2) the "rubix cube'" styled sphere should bd : - fewer

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 2:12:18 PM UTC-7, Thomas Elmiger wrote: > > > a cat is a consumer of tiddlers… >> > > So what's needed is a logo of a cat holding a tiddler in it's mouth ;-) > By the way: Why would anyone put a horse as a logo on a car? Horses are no > longer needed, now we

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 2:10:16 AM UTC-7, John Newell wrote: > > With the exception of wiki - what purpose for *recall* do the animals > have? If you HAD TO USE AND ANIMAL - perhaps an elephant would portray the > ability to never forget or lose data, ideas etc . > Already taken by a

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread John Newell
interesting response you've missed the objective of the purpose of a logo - which is primarily the identifier face of a company or product - and to create a subliminal link between thelogo/icon and the brand name. it is neant to have a RECOGNITION FACTOR which is not delivered by the look

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread Thomas Elmiger
Hi all I am not a cat fan in general, but I support Jeremy in this case: a cat is a consumer of tiddlers… > By the way: Why would anyone put a horse as a logo on a car? Horses are no longer needed, now we have cars. And: My computer has nothing to do with agriculural products like Apples. And

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread bimlas
Take a look at these sites: - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications#Graphical - https://www.slant.co/options/5116/~tiddlywiki-review - https://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/TiddlyWiki+DokuWiki+MediaWiki - https://alternativeto.net/software/tiddlywiki/ -

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread Enneco Gotzon
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:10 AM John Newell wrote: > >- My suggestion for the LOGO - is a *spherical rubiks cube* > > I like it! Thank you! I think it is a good idea to be inspired by the Wikipedia logo and to represent the essence of TW: interconnected , dynamic nodes of knowledge. I

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread John Newell
On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 7:40:47 PM UTC+10, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > A short discussion starts here: > https://twitter.com/ABSamma/status/1028771729689255938 asking for a > "Fish" not a "Cat" logo. > > Just for info, and comment, if you have one. > > @TiddlyTweeter

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-22 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Hi Adam Your sketch is great — it’s lively and cheerful in a way that non-designers like me can never achieve. I’d love to see what you can do with more time. But, as you maybe guessed, I’m not super keen on changing the logo, for a bunch of reasons: * Changing it will be surprisingly

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-21 Thread Enneco Gotzon
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:40 PM, Adam Shepherd wrote: > No need to apologize. > Thank you Adam :) I don't intend to work on it unless there is some confirmation that a > change is indeed a possibility. > I'm just a humble -and grateful- TW user. On this kind of questions [brand logo,

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-21 Thread Adam Shepherd
Thank you! No need to apologize. I agree with your points and no worries for pointing out its weaknesses - It was just a "napkin-sketch" response to "Not least that a cat can occupy a square or a circle. [as opposed to a cat]" and that "But a Fish would have had a hard time and require a very

Re: [tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-21 Thread Enneco Gotzon
Hi Adam. I also believe that as TW logo your proposal is much more suitable than the current cat; thank you. I think you have designed a good logo, but with all humility and due respect regarding your work, I would like to make a few aesthetic suggestions: 1. To better represent a graceful

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-21 Thread Adam Shepherd
Hello! New forum member here. I discovered TW about a year ago and I'm completely in love with it since. I never understood the cat. I'm a designer and it took me precisely 7 minutes to cook up a square-ish (in its aspect-ratio, but the actual fish is intended to be friendly hence the curved

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
TonyM wrote: > > While agreeing the name is not perfect it is "our brand". Its uniqueness > is actualy a valuable feature. > I agree that messing with logos and names NOW for TW5 would just get messy with no benefit. What came up in the original post on Twitter was the idea that the

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Mark S. wrote: > > Just to repeat -- to a big chunk of the world the name "TiddlyWiki" sounds > a lot like the maligned game "Tiddly Winks". To people hearing it that way, > you might have as well called it "TiddlyWeakling"... > ... It definitely lacks gravitas. > I agree. -- *Tiddly*

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Kitty-Wiki ? Just to repeat -- to a big chunk of the world the name "TiddlyWiki" sounds a lot like the maligned game "Tiddly Winks". To people hearing it that way, you might have as well called it "TiddlyWeakling". It definitely lacks gravitas. Word association is a powerful effect. People

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Mark S. wrote: > > Better to change the TiddlyWiki name entirely to something that will get > more traction, if that's the goal. > Right. There the two aspects. -- The image/mascot/logo. -- The name. The author of the original post on Twitter, I think, was inclining to the view that

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Mark S. wrote: > > While a fish makes more sense, the cat is a better basis for a logo. > I agree. Not least that a cat can occupy a square or a circle. Last year Twitter forced AVIs into circles. The several TW cats on there

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-14 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
barro...@catmail.com I basically purr your way. J. barro...@gmail.com wrote: > > ... There can be no eroding of feline dominance of the human Internet... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-13 Thread TonyM
Mark, While agreeing the name is not perfect it is "our brand". Its uniqueness is actualy a valuable feature. One way out of this is to consistently use a tag line with the name eg; Application and website development platform TiddlyWiki. Thus people will come see it as what we say it is and

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-13 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
While a fish makes more sense, the cat is a better basis for a logo. Better to change the TiddlyWiki name entirely to something that will get more traction, if that's the goal. I'm not sure if this is been mentioned, but TiddlyWiki is only a couple letters off from "Tiddly Winks", an

[tw5] Re: Twitter News -- Short Discussion of Logo

2018-08-13 Thread barrowgloom
o.0 what is this blashemy? As spokesperson for K.A.O.S. (Kats Against Organization and Sanity), I say "NAY". There can be no eroding of feline dominance of the human Internet... That would be my comment- I'm no help. *g,d* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the