Even considering the fact that an open source project can't afford to hire a graphic designer to come up with a coherent branding, is it really that hard for a group of programmers to sit around a table and not say, "I think a green cartoon duck is the perfect icon for our instant messaging program?"
Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?
The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.
It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.
Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?
The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.
It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.
Jesus, did I hit some hyper-sensitive OSS nerve here? Are you the man behind the duck?!
My taste is for icons which, in some way, convey the applications intended use. To me, the Adium icon looks like it might be for a kids game. A bad one involving cute ducks.
Everyone knows that instant messaging ducks don't look anything like that, anyway.
My point still stands: it's only personal taste. Therefore all your rhetoric about 'stinking piles of crap' could, in effect, be pointless seeing as there are no two same tastes.
I like it, I can finally have an avatar, see my friend's and see those custom smilies... lack of video/audio chat and those weird screen animation thingies are a bummer. But at least they are trying.
I'm with audiopollution. That dang duck is just no good. And it does center on the fact that it gives you no clue as to what it is. And after you reach about 12 years of age, ya kinda want something a little better than the fischer price picture.
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Originally posted by 1984
How about rolling out Windows Media Player 10 for the Mac?
My thoughts exactly.
Even considering the fact that an open source project can't afford to hire a graphic designer to come up with a coherent branding, is it really that hard for a group of programmers to sit around a table and not say, "I think a green cartoon duck is the perfect icon for our instant messaging program?"
Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?
The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.
It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.
Originally posted by Gene Clean
Is it that hard for you to realize that the Duck, as it became known, was a decision based on a series of incidents, rather than on some type of marketing hoopla?
The Duck was chosen because it was cool, and cute. I find it cool and cute too. You may not, personal tase, but that doesn't make all open source icons 'a stinking pile of crap'.
It may be your taste that's a stinking pile of crap - we'll never know.
Jesus, did I hit some hyper-sensitive OSS nerve here? Are you the man behind the duck?!
My taste is for icons which, in some way, convey the applications intended use. To me, the Adium icon looks like it might be for a kids game. A bad one involving cute ducks.
Everyone knows that instant messaging ducks don't look anything like that, anyway.
FWIW.