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larrydavid wrote: post #12

mimiflynn wrote: post #4

I don't remember what it used to look like, which, I suppose, means they did a good job ;)

Old logo: http://i.imgur.com/ge0P400.jpg

I can see why they changed it. Their old one wasn’t a logo (type excluded), it was an illustration.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by biot » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:59 PM UTC

lasome wrote: post #8

I'd really like to hear their thoughts around the capitalization of GitHub. Everyone who uses git interacts it with it in downcase. To see it upcased like that is unfamiliar.

I much prefer lowercase as well. I wonder if a not-insignificant proportion of their target market was pronouncing it as "jih thub".

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by wilfra » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought to be feeling great right about now.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by dagurp » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC

salahxanadu wrote: post #3

Penta-cat, they must mean.

Or Tentaclecat

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by bgentry » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 5:06 PM UTC

wilfra wrote: post #16

Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought to be feeling great right about now.

Can you explain on why you think the new Github homepage imitates Dropbox's homepage? They both look pretty standard to me.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by brodney » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

lasome wrote: post #8

I'd really like to hear their thoughts around the capitalization of GitHub. Everyone who uses git interacts it with it in downcase. To see it upcased like that is unfamiliar.

I think the difference is the command vs the product. Even the git homepage refers to it in uppercase almost everywhere [0]. A similar example would be capitalizing Java everywhere, but using java for commands.

[0] http://git-scm.com/

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by iandanforth » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 5:09 PM UTC

The homepage now looks very bland. Perhaps to people who really know typography the GitHub name is very distinct, but to me it doesn't distinguish itself and reminds me of a bootstrap site with a couple hours of tweaking more than a unique and memorable brand / style.