[jsr-314-open] JSF logo

[Dan Allen]

Another fantastic example is Appfuse. People had a very difficult time
associating with a framework that was effectively an SVN repository and a
wiki page. But then Matt Raible hosted a logo contest and now people have
something to identify with:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/appfuse_logo_winner_is_igor
http://appfuse.org/display/APF/Home

-Dan

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Lincoln Baxter III
<lincolnbaxter at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Lets move forward with the logo contest.
>
> JSF is great, and there are 100 different marketings reasons why you should
> always establish a symbol for your brand or product - something that people
> recognize instantly as yours (the google G, the microsoft "window", Tony the
> Tiger..., Firefox, the ruby gem)
>
> Perl and JSF have a lot in common...
>
>    - multiple implementations
>    - slightly tarnished reputation from past versions (not so slightly in
>    perl's case)
>    - no logo... the Camel book has become the de-facto symbol of Perl.
>    - No real web-accessible community center (multiple forums & mailing
>    lists)
>
> What happened to perl? It's one of the best dynamic languages out there,
> but it's practically dead for new development.
>
> I'd like to avoid this fate with JSF2 if possible, and now is the perfect
> time to do it. Right as we are releasing, rebranding.
>
> ---
> Lincoln Baxter, III
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>
>   On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 16:15 -0500, Dan Allen 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
> Registered Linux User #231597
>
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>


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