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Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Re: Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Post by AndrejM »

TheCoreh wrote: post #2

Removing the antialias doesn't make it look like it's part of the website. It make it look fugly. Come on guys, this is almost 2011, who doesn't have antialiased fonts on their computers these days?

Those who can't afford a high dpi LCD screen?

Re: Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Post by jessriedel »

NumberFiveAlive wrote: post #6

In our online store 'The safer, easier way to pay.' is a part of the page. The logo gif and the markup is part of the specs when you implement Paypal. The code looks like this, and came directly from the Paypal implementation guide: The safer, easier way to pay. Edit: formatting

Meta: Is the scroll bar behavior in the above comment broken for anyone else? I can click and drag to scroll, but the scroll bar itself doesn't actually move until I release my mouse button. (Firefox 3.6.13 on Mac 10.4.11)

Re: Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Post by JacobAldridge »

lwhi wrote: post #3

Fox News has a slogan 'fair and balanced' underneath their logo. It doesn't change my opinion.

It's a rule I called 'Processed Cheddar Cheese Food'.

When I worked at McDonalds (1st year of university) the cheese slices for the burgers were delivered in a box marked 'Processed Cheddar Cheese Food Product'. I built the rule then and there: If you have to say it's food, it probably isn't.

I now apply that in the business world. Got a slogan that says 'We're the best' or 'Fair and Balanced'? Processed Cheddar Cheese Food.

There is a fine line. Sometimes you need to make a statement of this nature. A sniff test (bs detector) usually helps in borderline cases. If you even have to ask whether the rule applies, it probably does.

Re: Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Post by BrandonM »

lwhi wrote: post #3

Fox News has a slogan 'fair and balanced' underneath their logo. It doesn't change my opinion.

whoosh

The article is claiming that it looks like the site that is using Paypal (as opposed to Paypal itself) is the one that is calling Paypal "The safer, easier way to pay." To build on your analogy, if there was an independent site that provided links to news stories, and the Fox logo was designed to look as follows:

  "Upcoming Political Race Heating Up"
  Read about it on:
    ___   __             __ 
   |     /  \ \ /       /  \ |\   | |\   |
   +--- |    | X       |     | \  | | \  |
   |     \__/ / \      |     |  \ | |  \ |
   fair & balanced      \__/ |   \| |   \|
which one is the average visitor more likely to click? In this case, Fox has designed its logo to look as though the independent site is saying that Fox is "fair and balanced." If someone else appears to be endorsing Fox, it's much more likely to sway opinion. That's the whole point of the article.

Re: Paypal's logo designed to look like a recommendation?

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Post by calloc »

jessriedel wrote: post #13
NumberFiveAlive wrote: post #6

In our online store 'The safer, easier way to pay.' is a part of the page. The logo gif and the markup is part of the specs when you implement Paypal. The code looks like this, and came directly from the Paypal implementation guide: The safer, easier way to pay. Edit: formatting

Meta: Is the scroll bar behavior in the above comment broken for anyone else? I can click and drag to scroll, but the scroll bar itself doesn't actually move until I release my mouse button. (Firefox 3.6.13 on Mac 10.4.11)

Meta reply: Nope, works perfectly for me. I am on Safari 5.0.3 on 10.6.5. Not sure about FireFox but it has always exhibited rather buggy behaviour in certain situations on Mac OS X.
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