Rene Rivera ha escrito:

Beman Dawes wrote:

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Is anyone keeping a list of the more likely candidates?

I've been saving all the posts, not that it does others much good :-) As you probably noticed rockets are the dominating concept so far.

But to help keep track of things here's a wiki page...

http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo

Only some minor comments, and two of my own submissions on it (new ones). I can't rightfully post other peoples work, so others should add to the wiki their own images. And additional notes and ideas.

Two notes: * Editing seems to be blocked. The message is "Editing not allowed: user, ip, or network is blocked." * You suggest that entries be kept in aphabetical order, yet you name yours Rocket1, Rocket2. Its gonna be hard to maintain the entries both numbered and sorted by authors's name (one would have to renumber preexistent entries.) I suggest that entries bejust inserted at the end without regard to the author's name. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> writes:

Beman Dawes wrote:

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Is anyone keeping a list of the more likely candidates?

I've been saving all the posts, not that it does others much good :-) As you probably noticed rockets are the dominating concept so far.

But to help keep track of things here's a wiki page...

http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo

Only some minor comments, and two of my own submissions on it (new ones). I can't rightfully post other peoples work, so others should add to the wiki their own images. And additional notes and ideas.

I think the requirement that "Logo should be recognizable in small 16x16 pixel size. It will eventually need to be a favicon." is overly restrictive. I note that even Microsoft, who invented favicons, isn't using them. It's possible to think of making some key element of the logo into favicon without fitting the whole thing in there, and 16x16 puts some severe limitations on what can be expressed. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com

Rene Rivera wrote:

David Abrahams wrote:

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Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> writes:

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http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo

I think the requirement that

PS. None of the things I listed a requirements. They are guidelines people are free to ignore ;-) -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com - 102708583/icq

David Abrahams wrote:

Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> writes:

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Beman Dawes wrote:

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Is anyone keeping a list of the more likely candidates?

I've been saving all the posts, not that it does others much good :-) As you probably noticed rockets are the dominating concept so far.

But to help keep track of things here's a wiki page...

http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo

Only some minor comments, and two of my own submissions on it (new ones). I can't rightfully post other peoples work, so others should add to the wiki their own images. And additional notes and ideas.

I think the requirement that

"Logo should be recognizable in small 16x16 pixel size. It will eventually need to be a favicon."

is overly restrictive. I note that even Microsoft, who invented favicons, isn't using them.

It's possible to think of making some key element of the logo into favicon without fitting the whole thing in there, and 16x16 puts some severe limitations on what can be expressed.

In their .NET product, the Toolbox icons for components are all 16 x 16. I find this is extremely restrictive also. I do not think because Microsoft wants to set some sort of restriction for their own use that one should necessarily follow this at all, especially as I would not be surprised to see Microsoft change their viewpoint in the future. Putting out a larger and more artistically pleasing logo is not going to keep anyone, who is really interested in what Boost has to offer, from downloading Boost libraries .

David B. Held wrote:

Rene Rivera wrote:

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[...] But to help keep track of things here's a wiki page...

http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo [...]

I find the ++-as-rockets idea very intriguing. However, it's easy to confuse the rocket flames for inverted teardrops or water drops or something, so I wonder if there's a way to make it more obviously rocket-like? Perhaps if the "nozzle" of the + were more angular, it would look more like a rocket. Still, I think the concept has promise.

I stopped thinking about the logo for a few days and that popped into my head. It's interesting what happens when one stops thinking about something. OK, some minor mods and hopefully it looks less dropper like and more rocket like. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com - 102708583/icq