From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-05-11T05:12:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two

gabriele renzi wrote:
> James Britt ha scritto:
> 
>> gabriele renzi wrote:
>>
>>> Now that there is (mostly) agreement on a ruby icon, 
>>
>>
>>
>> How do you know that?
> 
> 
> I don't I just noticed this was the one that was chosen for the second 
> round of the redesign.

Sorry, then, I perhaps misunderstood who you thought was in agreement.

Basically, I think it's the half-dozen or so folks quietly working on 
that site.

> 
>> I find the literal gem image boring and impractical (in contrast to 
>> Ruby itself), and I may in fact be in the minority, but I don't know 
>> how I or anyone would really know that.
>>
>> And I really hope to steer clear of any sort of "official" Ruby logo.
> 
> 
> I don't ever thought of an "official" logo.

True.  That was my spin.

> Notice I did not even said "logo" but "icon" on purpose since I liked 
> the more logoish things in other designs :)

Same here.

> There is obviously room for different images on the same theme (I think 
> a common *theme* is cool, but obviously people will always remain free 
> to use whatevere image they like)

I count on that.


James