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Re: New GitHub Logo

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philipwalton wrote: post #30

Does anyone else notice the striking similarity between the new Enterprise design and Bootstrap? I guess that's what you get when you hire Mark Otto. https://enterprise.github.com/ http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/

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Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by logn »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #28

oh dear. I may be reading too much between the lines, but thy post, and the logo-page, are corporate, goal driven projects (maybe top down) that are then wrapped up in nice fluffy words. Its not the same as nice fluffy ideas, getting thrown out and tested, with maybe as much attention from lawyers as aspell. Of course it happens, but this is the time github went from that nice sparky startup, to the long slide into c…

Who cares. Lone founders are apt to redesign logos too. The fluffy language was probably added because a simple, "here's our new logo cause it's better" is probably a little too brief, especially for companies who may have incorporated those marks into their own assets, and need a little justification for re-work.

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Post by tptacek »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #28

oh dear. I may be reading too much between the lines, but thy post, and the logo-page, are corporate, goal driven projects (maybe top down) that are then wrapped up in nice fluffy words. Its not the same as nice fluffy ideas, getting thrown out and tested, with maybe as much attention from lawyers as aspell. Of course it happens, but this is the time github went from that nice sparky startup, to the long slide into c…

Uh, what? Github is still run by its founding team. They're big because they sell something that is extremely awesome compared to the market substitutes. The good guys don't always win, but they did this time. Spare us the anti-corp agita.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by tptacek »

jawns wrote: post #2

When the Octocat Mark is rendered at any size less than 75x75 pixels, it's pretty much impossible to tell that the "tail" of the cat is actually a tentacle. That's unfortunate, because on https://github.com/logos the only recommended use for the mark is in social buttons, which are going to be relatively small. Even at larger sizes, the tentacle just seems tacked on.

Agree. They should have a guideline about using the cat at small sizes, or provide customized low-rez versions. I looked at it and thought it might have worked better if they ditched the suckers and just used multiple waving tentacles.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by davidu »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #28

oh dear. I may be reading too much between the lines, but thy post, and the logo-page, are corporate, goal driven projects (maybe top down) that are then wrapped up in nice fluffy words. Its not the same as nice fluffy ideas, getting thrown out and tested, with maybe as much attention from lawyers as aspell. Of course it happens, but this is the time github went from that nice sparky startup, to the long slide into c…

The negativity and bitterness (even when wrapped in the veil of a nice comment) on HN continues.

The only difference between a sell-out and a not-sell-out is the presence of a buyer. That's it.

How you treat your customers and your employees, the work you put into your products, and the service and loyalty that you engender in continued business is all that matters. GitHub does all those things extraordinarily well, and more.

Changing a typography and logo a tiny bit signifies nothing more than they wanted to change their brand's typography and logo a tiny bit.

Providing the usage scenarios for their marks is not needed at worst, and really useful at best.

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