I think you are right about favicon and I look forward to your logos. Not sure how closely you follow solr lists, but the 1.3 release is planned for the 18th and if people spot issues with 1.3, there will be 1.3.1 after that. So these are some time frames if you want to try getting the logs in for 1.3 or 1.3.1
Thanks for the help! Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lukáš Vlček <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 3:25:33 AM > Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > > Hoss, > > thanks for comprehensive history tour. > > As for the sun motive I like it and think it is a strong one (strong enough > to be the only leading motive in the logo) but I didn't want to insist on it > without knowing that the community calls for it (especially I like to idea > that the logo or favicon should evoke the feeling that you are looking into > the sun). > > As for the favicon debate I think that it is a bit overstated (IMHO). > Favicon is important but I don't think that whole logo must be done in a > such way that it can be directly scaled down to favicon size without > significant visual appearance attractivity loss. For example Yahoo! uses > just Y! for favicon, Google uses g (G formerly) and Solr uses just gradient > box (which is a nice idea I think). So for me the *direct compatibility* of > a new logo with favicon is not critical as long as that are other options > for favicon provided. > > I already have some ideas about Solr logo and I will try to put drafts down > so that response/critics can be collected. Also it would be interesting if > this could provoke other designers for collaboration (aren't we talking > about open source project? :-) > > Regards, > Lukas > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Chris Hostetter wrote: > > > > > : I would like to give it a shot. Are there any solr logo success > > : criteria/requirements? Any hints or suggestions from community is > > welcomed. > > : Just close your eyes, start dreaming and send my couple of words about > > what > > : you see... I am all ears. > > > > Other people who care more about the logo have already given lots of good > > feedback on things that should be kept in mind ... the only one i would > > question is that the logo need to look good at favicon sizes ... that > > tends to be really limiting. > > > > Even if the primary logo doesn't look good at favicon sizes (or in B&W) > > the important thing is that a cohesive "brand" can be established arround > > a logo (take for instance the apache feather with is long and horizontal, > > but can be rotated to fit diagnoally in a square favicon, or the existing > > Solr favicon which has thesame color palate as the Solr Logo and evokes > > the idea that you are looking into the sun). What a "Powered By" logo > > would look like is also something to keep in mind. > > > > : Also I found that the wiki mentions some > > : genesis< > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ#head-6d74c2bb4171b0908a4695cbb24acd368a29dc06 > > >of > > : Solar/Solr technology but still I don't understand if the relation to > > : sun > > : is intentional or coincidence. > > > > A little of both. > > > > As yonik mentioned once upon a time... > > http://markmail.org/message/sgxaz5nv5mapzw34 ...CNET had an > > interal product called "ATOMICS" which stood for "Apache TO MySQL In CNET > > Search" (it was a made up acronym to support the fact that people wanted > > to be able to say apps that used it were "Atomic powered"). When it was > > decided that there should be a Lucene based alternative, someone got the > > idea that it should be named "SOLAR" so you could have "Solar Powered" > > applications instead of using "ATOMICS" (CNET has a long history of puns > > in internal product/project acronyms) and it was backronymed to be > > "Searching On Lucene And Resin". > > > > When it cam time to open source "SOLAR" we had to change the name: 1) we > > couldn't have an acronym with "Resin" in it because it's a commercial > > product (and besides, Solr works just find with any servlet container); > > 2) there was some legal issue with the word "Solar" ... i don't remember > > exactly what, it might have been an existing trademark. I suggested we > > just drop the "A" and make the R stand for Replication (or maybe someone > > else had already suggested "Solr" and I just suggested what the R could be > > for -- i don't remember). Ultimately "Solr" was the final decision, > > mainly because it was short, passed legal approval, and allowed us to keep > > pronouncing it the same way in conversation -- but we droped the > > kludgy acronym. > > > > So yes: the relation tothe sun was intentional, but not for any good > > reason. Personally, I've always had a fondness for saying something is > > "Solr Powered" when people ask ... so I do think it would be nice to > > maintain a Sun motif. > > > > > > -Hoss > > > > > > > -- > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
