Logo.

[johnhughthom]

I don't like the new logo on my address bar and tab, it looks like there is a spider on my screen and it scares me. Please change it back to the non-scary red box with a design I could never quite make out. Thank you.

[TinCow]

I don't like the new logo on my address bar and tab, it looks like there is a spider on my screen and it scares me. Please change it back to the non-scary red box with a design I could never quite make out. Thank you.

:stare:

You prefered the red blob of nothingness to a clear logo-version of the mask (https://i.imgur.com/Dfaq1.png) which was inside the red blob of nothingness?

[Csargo]

kind of looks like a tree to me...

[PanzerJaeger]

I like it. Much needed progress appears to be being made on multiple fronts!

[johnhughthom]

:stare:

You prefered the red blob of nothingness to a clear logo-version of the mask (https://i.imgur.com/Dfaq1.png) which was inside the red blob of nothingness?

Yes. Luckily I still have my red blob of nothingness in my bookmarks toolbar, you can't get it there.

[TinCow]

Well, if anyone with graphical skills would like to try and make a better icon, the staff will consider using it. The current black mask version was the best we were able to come up with.

[johnhughthom]

Nah, I'm only joking, it's fine. Just got used to the "red blob of nothingness" being the org's symbol.

[Andres]

You should be glad. The alternatives were a picture of a lasagna "best used before 02/03/1999" and TinCow's unshaved face on a Monday morning, before his morning coffee :eeeek:.

[johnhughthom]

AH! Did you somehow hack into my computer and change the logo on my bookmark tab TinCow? It's just changed to the new one... I knew I shouldn't have taunted a lawyer.

Gah, it's so confusing, I click bookmarks by logo and keep panicking thinking I've lost the org.

[caravel]

The cult of the "red blob of nothingness" are legion... lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike, waiting for our time to come again when the red blob shall rise once more and rule on high! You have been warned!

*returns to shadows*

*emerges from shadows*

So the mask was actually inside the blob? That's a revelation in fact - all these years and I thought it was a slab of lasagne best before end 02/03/1999...

*returns to shadows*

[Skullheadhq]

I don't like the new logo either, I have a black firefox theme nd can barely see it in my bookmark bar, so I overlook it constantly.

[gollum]

So the mask was actually inside the blob? That's a revelation in fact - all these years and I thought it was a slab of lasagne best before end 02/03/1999...

:laugh4:

[TinCow]

So the mask was actually inside the blob? That's a revelation in fact - all these years and I thought it was a slab of lasagne best before end 02/03/1999...

Yep. Here's an enlargement of the icon:
https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4152/enlargedy.jpg


I don't like the new logo either, I have a black firefox theme nd can barely see it in my bookmark bar, so I overlook it constantly.

While this is regrettable, it is a result of your own customization of your browser. With a black theme you will experience the exact same problem on every other website that uses a black icon with a transparent background, such as The Escapist (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/) and The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/). The only way we can fix this for you is to add in a background color to the icon, but that will make it look worse for everyone else.

[caravel]

Joking aside the new type mask favicon is a big improvement over the old blob of lasagne. I'm probably biased though...

https://i.imgur.com/Dfaq1.png

[Rhyfelwyr]

I don't like change, things were better back in the day.

I think though the image is too small for its detail so it appears kind of fuzzy. At least when it was red it was more homely, if you're going for the more modern see-through background approach then you have to pull if off right. I have the TWC logo right below the .org one and it looks a lot tidier.

Still, nice to see people are taking action to improve things here, and everyone I'm sure has been noticing it. :bow:

[Ja'chyra]

Change it back, change for the sake of change is counterproductive.

If it's not broke don't fix it.

[Peasant Phill]

What are the dimensions and pixels per inch requirements for the tiny logo?

I want to make a try if you don't mind.

[drone]

I think the favicon image file can be 48x48, but it needs to look good when shrunk down to 16x16.

[TinCow]

Common sizes are 32x32 and 48x48, but it automatically scales according to personal browser settings and most browsers show at 16x16. So, you can make it larger, but no matter what size you pick the resolution you should be evaluating it at is 16x16.

[Peasant Phill]

A first quick and dirty try:

https://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9060/logo48t.gif
https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9201/logo32.gif
https://img862.imageshack.us/img862/2858/logo16.gif

Any comments before I draw the logo pixel by pixel?

[TinCow]

Any comments before I draw the logo pixel by pixel?

You don't need to be restricted to the mask logo, other stuff could work as well. My first attempts were trying to do something that just said "Org" in various fashions, but they didn't come out very well. This was one version, which I think is nice:
https://forums.totalwar.org/favicon3.ico
But it doesn't look anywhere near as good at 16x16, as you can see in the following image where it is compared against some other drafts:
https://forums.totalwar.org/images/1.jpg

I still think an "Org" logo could work somehow, I just haven't been able to figure out how.

[Hosakawa Tito]

I could go for a big blob of lasagna right now. :tongue2:

[Peasant Phill]

I actually really like that Org logo Tincow, even on 16x16. Simple is better on that tiny pic.

[johnhughthom]

I actually really like that Org logo Tincow, even on 16x16. Simple is better on that tiny pic.

https://forums.totalwar.org/favicon3.ico

You mean that one? I like it as well, has nice homely feel, just like the org.

[TinCow]

I actually really like that Org logo Tincow, even on 16x16. Simple is better on that tiny pic.

I do like the design, but I feel like the 16x16 needs some pixel by pixel editing to make it look a little cleaner. I feel like it looks a bit ragged.

[Ignoramus]

More lasagne...

[classical_hero]

Perhaps you guys could make an announcement to get people who are gifted in the art of making websites look spiffy, since I am sure there are people on these boards who have the passion to make visual improvements to the forum.

[TinCow]

Perhaps you guys could make an announcement to get people who are gifted in the art of making websites look spiffy, since I am sure there are people on these boards who have the passion to make visual improvements to the forum.

Not a bad idea.

[Peasant Phill]

https://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1646/org1a.gif https://img714.imageshack.us/img714/6016/org2.gif

here's 2 attempts to get the .org logo more crisp at 16x16.

The first one is just plain black and white which is clearly to pixelated.
The second one somewhat better, I think.

[TinCow]

Do you guys really prefer that logo? Staff voted for the spider thing over that, but I am personally kind of fond of it.

[johnhughthom]

+1 from me.

[Beskar]

Being honest, I prefer the one we got at the moment and it suits the Shogun 2 theme I use.