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<p>I personally don't have an overly huge problem with the current
logo but I do like all of your suggestions a lot for their
simplicity!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/9/19 4:06 PM, Chester wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi! As I'm sure you've come across before, there is an
alarming amount of people who think Xfce is old fashioned /
dead / ugly / looks like it belongs in the 1990s. As such a
huge fan of Xfce, it saddens me to see these sorts of comments
pop up from time to time. Do you think Xfce would benefit from
a little logo TLC? As one of the principles of Xfce is don't
just change thing for change's sake, here are some reasons why
it may be actually quite needed, as well as some downsides: </div>
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<p><strong>Ups:</strong></p>
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<p>As mentioned, it would "update" Xfce a little bit, get
rid of some of the claims that it's old fashioned<br>
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<p>Xfce's current logo is uppercase, whereas the official
name is "Xfce" not "XFCE", creating confusion that it
stands for something<br>
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<p>Xfce's primary goal is simplicity, and the current logo
doesn't reflect that with it's gradients, shadows, and
asymmetrical typeface (just look at that C!)</p>
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<p>It would unify Xfce's branding a little bit, for
instance favicons seem to use a completely different
logo than anywhere else, so does Xfce's default
application menu icon</p>
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<p><strong>Downs:</strong></p>
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<li>
<p>Finding the time, people, and motivation to update the
logo, I mean, nobody wants to slow down Xfce's
development any further</p>
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<p>Nostalgia! Who doesn't love the quirky logo we have at
the minute? It's iconic!</p>
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<p>I took a quick 5 minutes and created a few <strong>very</strong>
rough ideas of the direction it could go in, again, these
are<b> very rough</b> and just from the top of my head.</p>
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Thanks for your time, your hard work, and I look forward to
hearing your thoughts on the idea!
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