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Java Forum / General / March 2008Java Web Start Icons, please register your preference.
I commissioned a Java Web Start icon for public use from Ahasoft.com, e.g. to mark JNLP files in listings, to mark JNLP links, to decorate esssys about Java Web start. The artist has given me three designs to choose from: please have a look and tell be which one you like best: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/image/start_java_1.png http://mindprod.com/jgloss/image/start_java_2.png http://mindprod.com/jgloss/image/start_java_3.png One concern is how it will look in small sizes. Just looking at the size they gave me, the spring version tickles my sense of whimsy. The winged version looks a little too subliminal. The coffee cup a little too mundane.  SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com > I commissioned a Java Web Start icon for public use from Ahasoft.com, > e.g. to mark JNLP files in listings, to mark JNLP links, to decorate [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://mindprod.com/jgloss/image/start_java_2.png > http://mindprod.com/jgloss/image/start_java_3.png uhm, these links failed in my browser... AL try that again: http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_2.png http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_3.png SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com > try that again: > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_2.png > ROFL! I'm afraid they just look like winged arses, especially #2 with its depiction of some curly brown ejecta! And in that context... > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_3.png > ...this looks like the cup is 'letting rip' too, having ignited it! I'm sorry - that probably says more about me than the images. Signaturess at comp dot lancs dot ac dot uk | > > try that again: > >http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I'm afraid they just look like winged arses, especially #2 with its > depiction of some curly brown ejecta! I also vote for Number Two! ;) On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:08:13 -0700 (PDT), Lord Zoltar <lord.zoltar@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >I also vote for Number Two! ;) Perhaps I could ask him to change the colour of the spring so that rude image did not spring so immediately to mind. SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:08:13 -0700 (PDT), Lord Zoltar > <lord.zoltar@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Perhaps I could ask him to change the colour of the spring so that > rude image did not spring so immediately to mind. Or replace the spring with No 3's flame, rendered in either kerosene's yellow-white or hydrogen's pale blue flame. Signaturemartin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | org | Zappa fan & glider pilot >> try that again: >> http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'm sorry - that probably says more about me than the images. Yeah, I'd be inclined to see it as an unfinished project. Big brown butts with wings? don't think so... The cup seems a bit too grade-schoolish. just my opinion... AL >try that again: >http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png >http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_2.png >http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_3.png I think all three are clever distillations of the principle of Java Web Start. I also think that all three are ugly. I don't mean that they are "bad"; just that I find them unappealing. I would be interested to see some other examples of the designer's work in order to decide whether my reaction is to the singer or the song. Could you post a URL to some other designs by the same designer? May I also suggest that if you want us to compare multiple images you make it easier by providing some form of image album? JAlbum <http://jalbum.net/> provides a free, flexible way of producing thumbnails and images. Despite the likely impression given by my negative remarks above I value your project to publish a Web Start icon and the Canadian Mind Products Java & Internet Glossary. > Could you >post a URL to some other designs by the same designer? I don't know how many designers they have, but you can see other works by the same company at http://www.777icons.com/ The cost can vary drastically. I am paying $60. Another estimate was $1000. I am buying the right to give the icon away. It would cost half that if you just want it for your own use or in your own programs. SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com > try that again: > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_2.png > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_3.png Unfortunately I agree with other posters here. "Flying butt" was the first thing I thought of. I'd like something like this: <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/javalogo52x88.gif> Note: From here: <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/Readme.html> > I'd like something like this: Also consider making a custom Icon for your app. Use the same icon on the website for download. <http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2005/08/11/webstart.html> > I'd like something like this: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/Readme.html> What a shame Sun has already trademarked that one and is extremely vigilant about Java-related logos that look too much like theirs. SignatureLew >> I'd like something like this: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What a shame Sun has already trademarked that one and is extremely > vigilant about Java-related logos that look too much like theirs. That is too bad, but I can see why Sun would do that. With no way to control who might be using it or in what context, Sun might associate themselves or their brad with anyone (porn?) at all. I guess I'm now going with "use your own logo." Everybody gets their own for their own app. Seems best that way. > What a shame Sun has already trademarked that one and is extremely > vigilant about Java-related logos that look too much like theirs. Since 2006, the Duke is "Open Source" https://duke.dev.java.net/ as a symbol for the Java technology, the Duke is a lot better than a coffee bean! Bye. SignatureReal Gagnon from Quebec, Canada * Java, Javascript, VBScript and PowerBuilder code snippets * http://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html * http://www.rgagnon.com/bigindex.html >> What a shame Sun has already trademarked that one and is extremely >> vigilant about Java-related logos that look too much like theirs. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bye. :-) <https://duke.dev.java.net/images/iconSized/duke.running.gif> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:31:10 -0700, Mark Space <markspace@sbc.global.net> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >I'd like something like this: > ><http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/javalogo52x88.gif> Sun has made it very clear we ordinary folk are not permitted to use their coffee cup logo or variations on it. When I gave instructions to the artist, I asked him to be sure the coffee cup looked nothing like Sun's. SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com > > try that again: > > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_1.png [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Unfortunately I agree with other posters here. "Flying butt" was the > first thing I thought of. If you could get the artist to cahnge the bean to look like a bean - it's a half of a "egg" (whatever a 3d ellipse is called), the one you have now are too round. The part with the divide is actually flat and the back is round. Here's an example <http://marenda.biz/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/coffee-beans-4.jpg> SignatureSabine Dinis Blochberger Op3racional www.op3racional.eu > > > try that again: > > > http://mindprod.com/image/start_java_3.png How about the coffe cup being inverted and the flame coming out of the inside of it? That's definately different ;) Maybe going for a more stylized instead of a cartoony look would be more appealing (also, fewer colours). 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