wine button

[Mike Hearn]

Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
criticize, tell me to junk it etc.

I did try at first to make a browser style button, but it was very hard
to make the wine logo fit in a way that didn't look odd, as it's largely
a vertical type of logo. Also, is the Windows logo usable? I'd assume
it's trademarked or something, but i've seen the 4 colour blocks used in
for instance icon overlays in KDE.

If it's thought that this is too large, I can either scale it, or try
and make another from scratch that is more button sized.

thanks -mike

[Andreas Mohr]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:53:38PM +0000, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
> criticize, tell me to junk it etc.
>
> I did try at first to make a browser style button, but it was very hard
> to make the wine logo fit in a way that didn't look odd, as it's largely
> a vertical type of logo. Also, is the Windows logo usable? I'd assume
> it's trademarked or something, but i've seen the 4 colour blocks used in
> for instance icon overlays in KDE.

Hmm, we could try to make a parody of the Windows logo maybe ;-)
Any nice ideas ?
> If it's thought that this is too large, I can either scale it, or try
> and make another from scratch that is more button sized.

MHO the grey area should be *behind* the Wine glass, not in front
of the glass.

Good design so far, but can someone think of some "chuckle" effect ?

Andreas Mohr

[Dustin Navea]

--- Andreas Mohr  wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:53:38PM +0000, Mike Hearn wrote:
> > Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
> > criticize, tell me to junk it etc.
> >
> > I did try at first to make a browser style button, but it was very hard
> > to make the wine logo fit in a way that didn't look odd, as it's largely
> > a vertical type of logo. Also, is the Windows logo usable? I'd assume
> > it's trademarked or something, but i've seen the 4 colour blocks used in
> > for instance icon overlays in KDE.
>
> Hmm, we could try to make a parody of the Windows logo maybe ;-)
> Any nice ideas ?
> > If it's thought that this is too large, I can either scale it, or try
> > and make another from scratch that is more button sized.
>
> MHO the grey area should be *behind* the Wine glass, not in front
> of the glass.
>
> Good design so far, but can someone think of some "chuckle" effect ?

Have the glass tipped on top of the windows logo, spilling wine on it, and
maybe a caption saying "Microsoft has been purified!"

Just my 2cents

-Dustin

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos
http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

[Dustin Navea]

Damn IE and it's broken png support.

I wont be able to view it until tonight when i get home..

-Dustin
--- Mike Hearn  wrote:
> Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
> criticize, tell me to junk it etc.
>
> I did try at first to make a browser style button, but it was very hard
> to make the wine logo fit in a way that didn't look odd, as it's largely
> a vertical type of logo. Also, is the Windows logo usable? I'd assume
> it's trademarked or something, but i've seen the 4 colour blocks used in
> for instance icon overlays in KDE.
>
> If it's thought that this is too large, I can either scale it, or try
> and make another from scratch that is more button sized.
>
> thanks -mike
> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/png name=one.png

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos
http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

[Sylvain Petreolle]

--- Dustin Navea  a écrit : 
better use mozilla and don't cheat using IE under wine ;)
> Damn IE and it's broken png support.
>
> I wont be able to view it until tonight when i get home..
>
> -Dustin

___________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français !
Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

[Dustin Navea]

nonono, I am at work, where I dont have access to a linux box with X11...  I
HAVE to use IE because I am in windows...

-Dustin
--- Sylvain Petreolle  wrote:
> --- Dustin Navea  a �crit�: 
> better use mozilla and don't cheat using IE under wine ;)
> > Damn IE and it's broken png support.
> >
> > I wont be able to view it until tonight when i get home..
> >
> > -Dustin
>
> Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en fran�ais !
> Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos
http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

[Vincent Béron]

Le ven 08/11/2002 à 18:42, Dustin Navea a écrit :
> nonono, I am at work, where I dont have access to a linux box with X11...  I
> HAVE to use IE because I am in windows...

Mozilla works well in Windows. And if your boss doesn't want you to use
it, there's always ghostzilla (www.ghostzilla.com), or the IE Mozilla
skin...

So you have no excuse :)

Vincent

[Dustin Navea]

--- Vincent B�ron  wrote:
> Le ven 08/11/2002 � 18:42, Dustin Navea a �crit :
> > nonono, I am at work, where I dont have access to a linux box with X11...
>
> I
> > HAVE to use IE because I am in windows...
>
> Mozilla works well in Windows. And if your boss doesn't want you to use
> it, there's always ghostzilla (www.ghostzilla.com), or the IE Mozilla
> skin...
>
> So you have no excuse :)

except that the NOC will come after me for downloading anything...  lol nah i
got approval from my boss

-Dustin

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos
http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

[Sylvain Petreolle]

I knew it, but you didn't notice at ";)" :)

--- Dustin Navea  a écrit : > nonono, I am at
work, where I dont have access to a linux box with
> X11...  I
> HAVE to use IE because I am in windows...
>
> -Dustin
> --- Sylvain Petreolle  wrote:
> > --- Dustin Navea  a écrit : 
> > better use mozilla and don't cheat using IE under wine ;)
> > > Damn IE and it's broken png support.
> > >
> > > I wont be able to view it until tonight when i get home..
> > >
> > > -Dustin
> >
> > Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français !
> > Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
>
> Do you Yahoo!?
> U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos
> http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

___________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français !
Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

[Francois Gouget]

On 8 Nov 2002, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
> criticize, tell me to junk it etc.

Hmmm, probably to vertical. Here's a rough draft of an idea I had. Not
much better but it's just to spark discussion, give ideas, etc.

Features:
 * it's more horizontal
 * It just says 'Wine compatible'
 * I used the Wine glass as the 'i' in Wine
 * two colors kind of like the WineHQ logo

If someone wants to take this further (I won't not good enough with
graphics), then here's a todo list:
 * reduce the size. Should be the same size as the browser buttons
 * match the size of 'Wine' with that of the glass
 * needs a border all around, maybe some sort of bevel
 * maybe add a shadow to 'Wine', again, ala WineHQ Logo

[Paul Millar]

On 8 Nov 2002, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Here is my first attempt. I'm hardly an ace designer, so feel free to
> criticize, tell me to junk it etc.

The "works with wine" alliteration is good, although I think "wine" should
be in small-caps/capitals, similar to the logo on the WineHQ page.

Basic composition looks about right. Although its probably a bit big
(perhaps nearer 60x60). Either way, it definitely needs a border of some
kind. As you said, perhaps making it a button.

If it were me, I might try making the wine glass more "ghosted"  and put
it underneath both the "works with" and "wine". That should help save some
space too and make it look less tall, hopefully without looking too
cramped.

HTH

----
Paul Millar