NormandC wrote:Almost every year we get such a topic.
Seriously, can't you guys spend your time on something that would actually be
useful to the FreeCAD project?
FreeCAD is already missing quite a few toolbar icons, it's not difficult to find where if you take the time to familiarize yourself with FreeCAD.
And let's not talk about UX/UI work that would be of much help.
But no, everyone wants to remake the
FreeCAD logo!
I can't help but think this is fuelled by
vanity rather than by desire to help the FreeCAD project.
Reality check: logo design is hard. It takes skill and talent. None of the icon attempts I've seen here are better than the existing FC logo.
Mika38 wrote:in direction of the open source hardware logo. Do not get to close, FreeCAD should not be confused with it.
+1 it's a straight up copy rotated 90 degrees.
triplus wrote:In the previous big logo challenge (when the logo actually changed) i participated
There was never a logo challenge. One graphics designer dropped in with his unsolicited proposal, someone else replied with his, and
you made it a challenge.
Hi @NormandC,
I really think your post is out place and tone, we all try to help FreeCAD as we are able to, someones with code, other with design, others with suggestions, others with bug reporting, etc.
Everything sums.
If we here are talking about the logo, is because we love FreeCAD and feel like it can be much better (as always, it's just a single opinion) so that's the main reason we are debating about it... it doesn't mean we are forcing the change, we just talk and propose alternative logos. We used our time to think about it, sketch and design so it's
not vanity, it's a full desire to make FreeCAD a better thing.
As I can't tell you how to spend your time, you cannot tell us how to spend (and enjoy) ours, so if we feel like designing and sharing alternative FreeCAD icons it should fine, if we feel like
designing a full icon replacement for FreeCAD it should be fine, if we feel like
creating a full theme stylesheet for FreeCAD it should be fine, if we feel like
designing the icons you refer to it should be fine:
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(I just need some indications on how to name and place them inside /src/ folder and I would "pull request" them... if you like them, of course)
...
Well, I think you have the idea, I don't want to argue, but you should pay attention to the tone of your words because someone could feel bad about them and somehow he could decide not to continue helping the FreeCAD community anymore (it's not my case...)
Cheers