Re: New binary installer logo

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Subject: Re: New binary installer logo
Date: 2009-07-08 21:46:23
Message-ID: 200907082146.n68LkNT28839@momjian.us
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Andreas Pflug<pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> wrote:
> > > I wonder how many non-EDB contributors have seen the One-Click
> > > installer; I never used it until 8.4. I was quite irritated how
> > > prominently the EnterpriseDB lettering is placed on the installer; apart
> > > from a tiny "Packaged by" the graphics is a pgsql Elephant with a big
> > > "EnterpriseDB(tm)" on top, with no PostgreSQL lettering around. From the
> > > installer's appearance, you could get the impression EDB is the company
> > > behind postgres.
> >
> > EDB *is* the company behind those installers. We have a number of
> > people working on them, between two and three working full time in the
> > lead up to 8.4 on testing and development.
> >
> > The logo is a large elephant logo, which is probably 3 times the size
> > of the 'packaged by edb' logo. It is shown on 2 of the 9 installer
> > screens.
> >
> > The splash screen shown by the installer at startup is based on the
> > blue gradient website banner, containing the elephant, and 'world's
> > most advanced open source database' tagline, with no EDB logo or text
> > etc. at all.
>
> The problem is that EDB's logo contains their name, while the PostgreSQL
> elephant doesn't, so having only the two logos isn't even. What Dave
> suggested and my son Matthew implemented is a new installer logo, moving
> the Postgres elephant logo to the top and adding the "PostgreSQL" name,
> and moving the EnterpriseDB logo to the bottom. Here is the result,
> which will appear in the next version of the installer:
>
> http://momjian.us/expire/logo.png

A new idea --- would people like the PostgreSQL elephant logo added to
the EnterpriseDB download page:

http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#windows

Is that helpful or harmful?

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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