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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] standardizing odf icons?
+1 from my side. best, Charles. robert_weir@us.ibm.com a écrit : > > I think that is a good approach. Have some thematic commonality, but > each vendor adapts the theme to local circumstances. But it may also > be useful to have an icon that represents "ODF" the standard, for use > on coffee mugs, conference brochures, etc. > > -Rob > > ___________________________ > > Rob Weir > Software Architect > Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software > IBM Software Group > > email: robert_weir@us.ibm.com > phone: 1-978-399-7122 > blog: http://www.robweir.com/blog/ > > > *Erwin Tenhumberg <Erwin.Tenhumberg@Sun.COM>* > Sent by: Erwin.Tenhumberg@Sun.COM > > 08/06/2007 04:59 AM > > > To > Louis Suarez-Potts <Louis.Suarez-Potts@Sun.COM> > cc > odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject > Re: [odf-adoption] standardizing odf icons? > > > > > > > > > > Hi Louis, > > Thanks for bringing the topic to our attention again! > > Yes, I also believe that it would be useful to have an ODF icon > that could be recognized across platforms and applications. > An example for an ODF icon can be found here: > > http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/resource/ODF_glassy_100-n.png > > Since many OpenOffice.org/KOffice/etc. users still don't know > very much about file formats in general and ODF in particular, > it also would be necessary to have the different applications > mark/brand the ODF icon in a way that users can find their > OpenOffice.org/KOffice/etc. files. An example of a branded > ODF icon, i.e. OpenOffice.org, can be found here: > > http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/resource/ODF_glassy_100.png > > Obviously, KOffice would not use the OpenOffice.org gulls in > the icon. Thus, KOffice would use a version of the icon that > showed the KDE-typical gear wheel plus the "K" instead of the > gulls. > > Thus, all ODF files would have a similar look and feel, i.e. > the same ODF branding element, across platforms and applications, > but at the same time users still would be able to associate > their document files with the right application. > > Thoughts? > > > Best regards, > Erwin > > > > > Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > > I've been in communication with a friend interested in standardizing > the > > icons for ODF files. It's also something, I believe, the ODF Fellowship > > is interested in. I'm not sure how logistically feasible this would be > > and have my doubts about its general desirability. Applications (or > > rather their makers) tend to determine the icon set used, and in FOSS, > > that means just about any distributor/implementor can do what it wants, > > including ignoring what others want, unless there are legal constraints. > > > > However, there may be a reasonable compromise: a default set that > may be > > used. It would probably have to be trademarked, but by whom? Oasis, I'd > > imagine. And who would police it? More generally, would it even be > > considered worth it? The point of this is marketing: to build brand > > awareness, and given the touted intra-implementation > interoperability of > > the format, I can see that advantage. But then, we should be focusing > > not on simply creating icons for the format but encouraging (and > > trademarking a logo) for implementations to use that brands them as > > implementing ODF. > > > > > > > > best > > louis > > -- Charles-H. Schulz, Associé / Associate Ars Aperta.
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