[openbeos-cdt] Re: Design Stuff ... and more
- From: "Jess Tipton" <Shed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:56:07 CST
sorry I agree with your logo concept but your logo on the green bay is
poor & low res, I would like our logo & UI to be of a cleaner & stright
forward nature but by the same token not cartoony as Be's icons have
previously been. again I will offer my wallpapers Icons & ui designs as
show. Along with others I do agree we need a new name. while the legals
where hased out at soem point saying BeOS the trade mark was not owned
by Palm things may have change & while we want to keep ties to Be's
reputation for speed stability & ease of use we need our own identity.
I also agree that a "Mascot" is a bad idea. While we do want to market
to average home users the ease of use should speak for it's self. no
one is going to walk through a store or dl an OS off the net just cuz
it has a cute bear logo - or a cuddley cat. The few BeOS wallpapers
that had Bee's in them where plain stupid & that is NOT what the BE in
BeOS was about. it has nothing to do with an insect that most people
detest or fear. anyway enought ranting. my server is back up & i hope
for good this time although the lines are still in question but here
again are a taste of my offering's. while rought they are still good
quality & I do a decent amount of design.
http://24.72.15.175/bu/
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>On Sunday 31 March 2002 16:04, you wrote:
>
>OK. I'll wait... a little impatiently, but I'll wait.
>
>Some commentary, though, on the subject of a logo.
>
>As I understand it, Palm purchased BeOS. Therefore, they own BeOS,
lock,
>stock and barrel... this includes the trade name BeOS. I wonder where
we
>stand on legal issues? This is something we ought to settle before
someone
>designs a logo using the BeOS trade name that we cannot use.
>
>One other item. This is only my opinion, but I really hate Tux, the
penguin
>logo for Linux.. I also hate Abby the ant, the logo for Abiword word
>processor. I could go on ad nauseum, but you get the idea.
>
>What is it about stuffed animal type cartoon animal's? Take a look at
>Microsoft's logos... none of them are cute little critters. Few of
the more
>successful software packages use anything like that. They are
generally
>simple graphic designs
>
>Not to toot my own horn, but take a look at my own efforts on the
opening
>page of my webzine: http:www.thegreenbayweb.com. I used the Intel 386
>processor and the 387 co-processor in my logo because it was the first
true
>multi-processor in general circulation... also, incidently, the lowest
level
>processor that Linux can run on. Linux was then the only viable
alternative
>to Windows 95 available... at least as far as I knew. I chose the
color
>green, again, as a retro attempt. Those of you here who are old like
me may
>rember the old green monitors that things like the Televideo 608
generally
>came with. I used an Old-English type font to emulate the printed
newspaper
>titles that I hope to replace with my webzine concept. My hope is to
expand,
>change the format a bit and put the Green Bay Press Gazette out of
>business.... hey, I can dream, can't I?
>
>A logo should say something about the item or company it represents.
If we
>use a cute little cartoon bee, what are we saying about Open BeOS?
>
>I guess I am a proponant of more serious-looking logos. Open BeOS
should be
>sharp, efficient, and businesslike. If we are going to challenge
Microsoft
>as well as LInux and BSD, our OS must be all that and more. The logo
should
>reflect that.
>
>Now, if I offended anyone's efforts, please remember that I have yet
to see
>any of your work due to server problems... but let the flaming begin
anyway,
>I invited it!
>
>Dale
>
>> The forum is now on a free webhost, but soon it'll move to a pay
one... So
>> i guess the problems will (or should) be solved.
>>
>> debro
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dale Raby" <daleraby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 6:56 PM
>> Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Design Stuff ... and more
>>
>> > debro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > >http://openbetalk.host.sk
>> > >
>> > >Check out the forum!
>> > >
>> > >debro
>> > >
>> > >----- Original Message -----
>> > >From: "David Goodrich" <goodrich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >To: <openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 8:24 PM
>> > >Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Design Stuff ... and more
>> >
>> > I have been unable to register, login, or view any of the topics
on the
>> > CDT forum. It takes about five minutes just to load the index
page with
>> > a 56K modem, and when I try to view any of the topics or hit any
link
>> > within this page, my browser simply times out.
>> >
>> > Is this a common problem?
>> >
>> > If it is, I may have a solution:
>> >
>> > http://www.thegreenbayweb.com/forums
>> >
>> > This is my domain. There are two other websites there in addition
to
>> > mine, and, so far as I am aware, no other forums. The server has
a
>> > broadband cable connection and the other tennants don't seem to be
>> > drawing large numbers of visitors... or at least I seldom seem to
have
>> > problems logging in.
>> >
>> > I don't know how this would work or if there are requirements I am
>> > unaware of, but if it would help, I will be happy to create an
Open BeOS
>> > forum on this BBS for us.
>> >
>> > Any comments?
>> >
>> > [dale's signature]
>> >
>> > Dale A. Raby
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