[advocacy] Ogg & Ogg Vorbis _unofficial_ logos page.

[Miguel A. Arévalo]

Hi all,

I've just set up a web page with my functional, yet very ugly and _very 
unofficial_ set of logos for Ogg, Ogg Vorbis and family.

http://www.marevalo.net/OggLogos

They have been desinged with the classic CD and DVD corporate logos in mind.

If someone has any problem with them or the web page please contact me.

Miguel A. Arévalo
marevalo at marevalo.net

Miguel A. Arévalo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> first of all I'm sorry about rising this subject again (and for my 
> spanglish), but as hardware support for Ogg Vorbis files start to appear 
> it hurt my eyes seeing things like this
> 
> http://www.marevalo.net/OggLogos/iriver_ihp120.jpg
> 
> on their packaging, so I think there should be a (possibly new) SET of 
> logos and a clear policy for using them as "official" logos for the 
> entire set of technologies and for every codec.
> 
> So here I go with my own proposal, you can find a whole set of logos in 
> different formats on:
> 
> http://www.marevalo.net/OggLogos/
> 
> Those logos are a _proof of concept_ but I like them for these reasons:
> 
> - They make clear that the official file extension is .ogg
> - They can be printed easely on two colors and or hardware devices.
> - They try to make clear that Ogg is the fileformat and Vorbis, Theora 
> and so on are kind of "properties".
> - They try to follow stablished guidelines like the Compact Disc and 
> Digital Versatile Disc ones.
> 
> And, why I think the current logos are not ready for mass-cosumption ?
> 
> - At this moment the haven't been used cosistently (fish an thor).
> - Current logos have too many details and colors for beeing printed on 
> hardware devices and/or physical media (CD, Zips and so...)
> - No graphical relationship between those logos and .ogg file extension.
> - I like them but they are too geek, like comparing FSF's gnu and Linux 
> penguin (I like both).
> 
> I also think there should be a policy on when can these (or any other 
> "official" Ogg logos) be used so the consumer has some security on what 
> is he buying in repect of support of any Ogg format, telling what points 
> of the different specifications and codecs must support the hardware 
> device (or software program) in order to show them in the packaging 
> and/or device itself. Just like these:
> 
> http://www.gnscd.com/cdlogo.htm
> 
> Ok, I've said it all, comments ?
> 
> Miguel A. Arévalo
> 
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