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Re: Curl hearts Mozilla

#5

Post by cooper12 »

Nice to see them making it clear that there's no conflict at all. Is it just me or does the "L" in curl's logo look too much like a "1"? I think a font with an "L" that's curved like an "S" would be more distinct and would match the monospaced look.

Re: Curl hearts Mozilla

#6

Post by cooper12 »

hoodoof wrote: post #4

This is such a non issue that it didn't even warrant the blog post.

There was actually a HN comment thread on it for the Mozilla announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13425609. The commenters mainly noted how similar the logos are. This could lead to possible confusion and I think pre-empting it is best to defuse any drama before it starts.

Re: Curl hearts Mozilla

#7

Post by hughes »

cooper12 wrote: post #5

Nice to see them making it clear that there's no conflict at all. Is it just me or does the "L" in curl's logo look too much like a "1"? I think a font with an "L" that's curved like an "S" would be more distinct and would match the monospaced look.

Better go register the `libcur1` package just in case

Re: Curl hearts Mozilla

#8

Post by rangibaby »

cooper12 wrote: post #6
hoodoof wrote: post #4

This is such a non issue that it didn't even warrant the blog post.

There was actually a HN comment thread on it for the Mozilla announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13425609 . The commenters mainly noted how similar the logos are. This could lead to possible confusion and I think pre-empting it is best to defuse any drama before it starts.

> how this could lead to possible confusion

I sincerely doubt it. There are two groups in the world:

Group A: What the hell is a Mozilla?

Group B: knows the difference between cURL and Mozilla

Re: Curl hearts Mozilla

#9

Post by Esau »

rangibaby wrote: post #8
cooper12 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was actually a HN comment thread on it for the Mozilla announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13425609 . The commenters mainly noted how similar the logos are. This could lead to possible confusion and I think pre-empting it is best to defuse any drama before it starts.

> how this could lead to possible confusion I sincerely doubt it. There are two groups in the world: Group A: What the hell is a Mozilla? Group B: knows the difference between cURL and Mozilla

Agreed. I commented on the similarity earlier but I don't think there will ever really be confusion.
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