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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #180, on November 27th, 2010, 06:15 PM »
I did go and make a unified diff and reviewed that, which was much better - though still a lot to take in. The main stuff I see as different, really, is all the inline JS changes.

Yeah, I saw in hindsight about the whole thing of add_js being magical (though, as it happens, broken on pre 5.3, but I've already fixed that)

I'll comment more on the drafts stuff in the ticket, I think.
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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #181, on November 27th, 2010, 09:33 PM »
Quote from Arantor on November 27th, 2010, 06:15 PM
I did go and make a unified diff and reviewed that, which was much better - though still a lot to take in.
See, that's why I reduced my posting rate... Had to give you some time to look into it... :P
Seriously, you've managed to do it all today? It was really a LOT of data...
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The main stuff I see as different, really, is all the inline JS changes.
There are plenty other changes but indeed, most of it is the JS stuff.
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Yeah, I saw in hindsight about the whole thing of add_js being magical (though, as it happens, broken on pre 5.3, but I've already fixed that)
Yeah, maybe I should install PHP 5.0 on my WampServer, instead of running 5.3...

Or maybe we could require 5.3 :niark:
Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #182, on November 27th, 2010, 10:14 PM »
On topic:
I've uploaded a slightly modified logo (very slightly... Colors, position etc.), with the wedge icon in it. I think it's really the most 'crowded' we can afford to have. Maybe it's too much (stylized g + stylized line in 'we' + icon + slogan + two different colors for the text), actuallt it probably is, but I'd like to figure out what's *least* interesting in that logo, and thus can safely be removed.

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #183, on November 27th, 2010, 11:18 PM »
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Seriously, you've managed to do it all today? It was really a LOT of data...
Most of it was lots of very similar changes when you think about it - a lot of the inline changes were actually quite small but numerous: change the start, change the indentation and change the end. TortoiseSVN + WinMerge handled it just lovely :)


Of the logo, the current incarnation is great but I think you're right that it is about as far as you can go stylistically without being too 'busy'. The stylised line in the we is probably the least interesting detail in that logo, though.

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #184, on November 28th, 2010, 09:29 AM »
Quote from Bloc on November 28th, 2010, 12:18 AM
If you aren't happy with whats been created thus far, then they are all "wrong" and you should start over and rethink it. IMHO.
No, no... I think the logo looks great.
It just doesn't strike me as PERFECT.
Just like Curve doesn't strike me as perfect even though it's a great theme. Just like Wedge's theme isn't perfect at all, etc. So I'm always trying to outdo myself... And I think you are, too. Which is why I'm concerned that you're feeling rejected when I'm only encouraging you to try to outdo yourself. :unsure:
Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #185, on November 28th, 2010, 09:36 AM »
Quote from Arantor on November 27th, 2010, 11:18 PM
Most of it was lots of very similar changes when you think about it - a lot of the inline changes were actually quite small but numerous: change the start, change the indentation and change the end. TortoiseSVN + WinMerge handled it just lovely :)
Does WinMerge also change the color of lines when they're just being respaced/reindented, i.e. with no code logic changes?
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Of the logo, the current incarnation is great but I think you're right that it is about as far as you can go stylistically without being too 'busy'. The stylised line in the we is probably the least interesting detail in that logo, though.
I thought so, but OTOH the line is (albeit barely) visible in the favicon, and it's nice to have it in there. Of course, there's nothing that forces us to have a graphical detail in both the favicon and the big logo, it's just slightly better.

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #186, on November 28th, 2010, 02:20 PM »
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Does WinMerge also change the color of lines when they're just being respaced/reindented, i.e. with no code logic changes?
The overall line is orange to indicate that it's different but what's changed is in yellowy/orange so even pure indenting changes are clear.
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I thought so, but OTOH the line is (albeit barely) visible in the favicon, and it's nice to have it in there. Of course, there's nothing that forces us to have a graphical detail in both the favicon and the big logo, it's just slightly better.
I had to stare at the favicon to see it the first time, and the only time it's actually visible at a glance is when it's the active tab in Chrome; when on the dimmed/inactive tab, you have to really stare at it to find it.

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #187, on November 28th, 2010, 03:49 PM »
Quote from Arantor on November 28th, 2010, 02:20 PM
I had to stare at the favicon to see it the first time, and the only time it's actually visible at a glance is when it's the active tab in Chrome; when on the dimmed/inactive tab, you have to really stare at it to find it.
Yeah, I was just being a bit nitpicky...
So, do I redo the logo using exactly the same, except for the line that should be removed?

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #189, on November 28th, 2010, 09:38 PM »
I think I'm getting to it...

Previous one:



New one:



I used the opportunity to redo the 'g': vertical alignment (the g's bottom horizontal bar should now look like it sprang from the d's bottom bar), saturation and color hue should now be on par with the "ed" and "e" around it. I also reduced the distance between each letter by one pixel. It isn't obvious, but it helps create a professiona- looking logotype. Well, IMO of course.
Main issue is that I didn't manage to get the "w" to have the same obvious gradient effect... It feels a bit flat. This is because I had to redo much of the logo and I kinda mixed up the wrong files I guess. Still... For the latter, I have the PSP files (with layers). So it should be easier to work on it.

What do you think, guys?

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #190, on November 28th, 2010, 09:58 PM »
Uhm.. I like it!
Maybe the "e" seems a bit "cut" at the end, but it's mostly an illusion. :P

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Re: Logo Madness (Was: New revs)
« Reply #194, on November 29th, 2010, 07:47 AM »
Hey guys you didn't say if you liked the final logo or not :P

I just showed it to Milady. Her answer: "Mmmmmm mouais."
Which means basically in her terms, "Mmmmm it's probably the best you can do to have something usable" :P
so basically I have her approval seal. It's important to have the approval seal from someone who doesn't know shit about design ;)
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