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Re: The New Twitter Logo in CSS

#34

Post by sp332 »

theallan wrote: post #5
joshnh wrote: post #3

While I appreciate the time and effort that went into producing this, I must admit that I am a little confused; what is to be gained by recreating logos using only CSS? There are only two answers that I can come up with: practice or showcasing new properties. In my opinion, both of those reasons don't justify recreating an image using CSS. Surely if you wanted to practice, or showcase a property, you would be better…

Speed and size - if you you were using images, you are going to incur an extra HTTP request, while using this method everything needed to draw the logo is already at the client-side. In terms of size, the HTML and CSS needed to draw the logo could well be smaller than that needed for an image. In this case the HTML+CSS is around 2.6K (without the Google analytics code), while a screenshot of the logo is around 10K -…

A PNG of the same size as the one on that page is only 2.8 kB https://www.dropbox.com/s/6epgslr0olpu2rp/tlogosmaller.png

Re: The New Twitter Logo in CSS

#38

Post by onlyup »

loceng wrote: post #29
cmelbye wrote: post #25

Am I the only one who's bothered by the slight tilt that they introduced into the new logo? I don't think the old bird was weirdly tilted like that.

It's triggering optimism / uplifting. Interesting it's bothering you in some way. Edit: To add, it also could be that there's no movement to it - so it also gives me a sense the bird is stalling, and about to fall the ground.

Or it's symbolising a desperate bird among many other birds trying to get some food from a feeding hand.

Joking.

Re: The New Twitter Logo in CSS

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Post by duaneb »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #21
joshnh wrote: post #3

While I appreciate the time and effort that went into producing this, I must admit that I am a little confused; what is to be gained by recreating logos using only CSS? There are only two answers that I can come up with: practice or showcasing new properties. In my opinion, both of those reasons don't justify recreating an image using CSS. Surely if you wanted to practice, or showcase a property, you would be better…

It's art. What purpose does art ever have? If you're the kind of person that feels art is of no real value, this is the same. If you're the kind of person that feels are is in and of itself something to cherish for its own sake, then this is also the same.

There is no originality here. I have a lot of difficulty accepting this as anything but time spent adjusting CSS to conform to the reference image. Impressive for the time spent, but hardly art.

Re: The New Twitter Logo in CSS

#40

Post by loceng »

onlyup wrote: post #38
loceng wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's triggering optimism / uplifting. Interesting it's bothering you in some way. Edit: To add, it also could be that there's no movement to it - so it also gives me a sense the bird is stalling, and about to fall the ground.

Or it's symbolising a desperate bird among many other birds trying to get some food from a feeding hand. Joking.

I laughed. Thanks.
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