From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "About Emacs" page Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 04:47:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87v7yr11oi.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87a5g36bsy.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26273"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:X2OYmGqCau/xRsHFWY8AxDD7JAc= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 20 07:36:20 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1srWJX-0006dX-BO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:36:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srWJ7-0006bN-3E; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:35:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srTgG-0007WO-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:47:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srTgE-0003se-8F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1srTgC-0008b6-94 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 04:47:32 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:35:50 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:323802 Archived-At: Philip Kaludercic wrote: >> It's still the Emacs logo, but it looks more modern. >> I'm not saying we should use *those* in particular, but you >> can see how it changes things up a little bit while it >> keeps the Emacs logo the same and adds some nicer colors to >> the whole arrangement. Again: I don't want to get rid of >> the Gnu, I like the Gnu. I think the Gnu is awesome. I just >> think some might want to consider using a logo with the Gnu >> that is something a bit more…this century than last. >> Emacs isn't just about the past, it's about the future too. > > I think it is a waste of effort to discuss points like > these. It is easy to have differing opinions on the matter, > but it essentially boils down to the value of appearing > modern or not. That logo absolutely does not look modern, and I doubt that it is - when is it from? It doesn't say on the Emacs wiki. [1] Looks like something from the early days of the Internet. We should _be_ modern and looking modern is a huge part of that. > I do think the idea of a prominent "Click here" button would > be a good idea! Reminds me of high-resolution Windows when suddenly whatever you did small pop-ups appeared with links ... [1] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsLogo -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal