[jsr-314-open] JSF logo

[Shashank Tiwari]

in that case how about a logo for "Java Servlets", "JSP", "JPA", "JDBC" and
"JTA" also :)

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:

> JSF is nearly a decade old and still has no recognizable logo. While there
> are plenty of logos floating around for the different implementations and
> component libraries, there's no face for JSF itself. I've frequently come
> across this gap when putting together presentations or websites that feature
> JSF.
>
> Thus, I pose the following two questions to the EG:
>
> 1. Do others agree that we should have a logo to represent JSF the
> framework?
> 2. Do you think we should host a contest for people to submit a logo? The
> alternative would be to get an EG member (JBoss, Oracle, Sun, an individual)
> to submit a candidate.
>
> Why a logo for JSF? JSF is unique in that it competes against other web
> frameworks that are not part of the Java EE platform. We need someway to
> represent the spec when standing JSF up against Wicket, Tapestry, Struts,
> etc. We can't put the Mojarra or MyFaces logos in there because that's not
> the true identity of JSF.
>
> Plus, the logo will be central to our effort to put together a launch page
> for JSF, which I'll mention in a later e-mail.
>
> -Dan
>
> p.s. Hopefully we start a trend of specs including logos, even the platform
> itself, but that is a topic for another conversation.
>
> --
> Dan Allen
> Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
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>
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