[MonoDevelop] Logo

[Jacob Ilsø Christensen]

Ok, if the community has been asked and agreed on a logo why not use
that logo in MD and on the web page instead of all this talk? :-)

/Jacob

On 9/27/06, Arjan Hulshoff <arjan.m.hulshoff at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Well, I agree that there are many better websites. There is always a
> better one. However comparing it to a company like Microsoft is not
> fair at all. They  have a huge bank account and can afford such
> websites. And still it is crap that they produce. Many developers of
> website forget what the real function of a website is. Personally I am
> not really fond of the sites that you mentioned. Too much information
> on one page without a clear overview. As a visitor, I want to be able
> to see where I can find things within 1 second. Most websites,
> especially of bigger companies, aren't like that. Furthermore a complex
> website, as you suggest, takes more time to maintain. And I think that
> most of us at the mailinglist have a job and don't have that much time
> to maintain sucha site. Anyway, it is ok that there are changes made to
> a logo and/or a website. But I mainly reacted to Gideon's message,
> because I thought that the use of the word dictatorship is not at place
> here and that stop developing the logo to keep it the way it is now,
> can be justified. I am not questioning someone's taste, nor the fact
> that developing the MD logo is stopped.
>
> Regards,
> Arjan.
>
>
> Citeren Salvatore Scarciglia <s.scarciglia at hyperphar.com>:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:46:54 +0200
> > Arjan Hulshoff <arjan.m.hulshoff at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I like the website. It is just simple and clear. If you compare it
> >> to Microsoft's website,  this is much clearer.  I hate the site of
> >> Microsoft. Too much crap and you never find what you really need. The
> >> logo is ok, not completely my taste though. It is just that it is a
> >> matter of taste. And by the way, if you really want great graphics then
> >> Apple is a far better example. However it is still not very popular. So
> >> I don't agree with the theory that the graphics are the key success. The
> >> success of Microsoft is far more complex, then some graphics...
> >
> > Ok, the success of Microsoft is based on a large number of things, but take a
> > look at the following web site:
> >
> > http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/
> >
> > http://www.eclipse.org/
> >
> > http://www.netbeans.org/
> >
> > When I first saw these sites my thought was "Hey, what a professional
> > environment !!!". This is not what I have thought looking at MD site.
> > I'm sorry.
> > My proposal for the new MD logo and splash screen is just an attempt
> > to improve
> > the "look and feel" of MonoDevelop "universe".
> >
> > Regards,
> > Salvatore
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