On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:48:26AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:36:03AM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:44:36AM +0100, Erik Skultety wrote: [...] > > Speaking of logos...at the risk of opening a huge bucket of paint: > > > > The current libvirt logo is bit non-intuitive. Unless you squint at it > > to see what it might be about, you won't immediately get an idea what is > > trying to tell you. Not sure if there's appetite to rework the logo > > itself. > > I don't really want to go there - I really like our logo. > > In general I don't think logos really need to explain what the project > is, largely because doing so is impossible/impractical for most technical > projects. I agree that's a rabbit hole we don't want to go into, not least because of the practicality point you mention. > > Let me see if I can describe the image in words: "you're peeling off > > some layer and you see little penguins (VMs) get churned out". > > You know it is basically a "sardine tin", but with penguins right ? Ah, I didn't know that; thanks for the education. I heard of the term Sardine (a kind of a small edible fish that is commonly shipped in a tin) for the first time; just learnt from wikipedia. > The tin is the computer, and the sardines (penguins) are the OS > that are crammed inside it. That's a pretty good analogy for VMs > IMHO. In that context of "tinned sardines", and your explanation, it does make for a decent analogy. Interesting; I never connected the dots this way (/me chalks it up to him being a vegetarian ;-)) and always wondered about the meaning of the logo. Now I see. Maybe a quick libvirt wiki page, "about logo" would be nice, explaining what it is. I think it is amusing to know. > > (But that's from my biased POV of already knowing what libvirt is.) > > > > For some inspiration, take a look at how the `curl` project went about > > redesigning its logo[1]. > > > > [1] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/ > > I don't think the new curl logo is any more "intuitive" in explaining > what the project is than their old logo. Unless you already know that > CURL is a library for downloading web content, the implications of the > "://" will pass right over your head. The new curl logo is certainly a > very nice improvement, but that's because the old one was really pretty > crude so anything would be better. I wouldn't say it is any more > intuitive though - just a nicer graphic design. Yeah, I was indeed thinking: "Okay, the new logo _looks_ pretty, and makes sense to those who know what `curl` is; but isn't all that terribly intuitive for a newcomer." Alright, your argument persuades me to not go down that route of a new logo. [...] -- /kashyap -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
