<div><font>-1 for red ... imho, only create a visual using red, yellow, green and blue if you have a compelling reason. For me, already having yellow, green and blue borders on tropical fruit plate ...<br></font></div><div>
<font><br></font></div><div><font>+1 for ordinary rectangle<br></font></div><div><font>-1 for octagon or rounded corners ... let's keep it simple - except if there is a compelling reason to do otherwise<br></font></div>
<div><font><br></font></div><div><font>I like the background map and would not mind the slightly rotated logo.<br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>Best wishes,<br></font></div><div><font>Anita<br></font></div>
<div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Denis Rouzaud <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:denis.rouzaud@gmail.com" target="_blank">denis.rouzaud@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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    It's also a no-go for me for the red!<br>
    Blue is really nice.<br>
    <br>
    I also like the idea of the "octagon"!<div><div class="h5"><br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>On 07/16/2013 03:44 AM, Mathieu
      Pellerin wrote:<br>
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        <div>
          <div>Some thoughts re Nathan's latest iterations:<br>
            - Red is a no-go for me, both because it's been associated
            through time with "oups, something's gone wrong, error"<br>
          </div>
          - I would get rid of rounded corners for splash screen, it's
          so 1990s ;) rounded shapes are also foreign to GIS
          environment. If rectangle is too "boring", you could have a
          stretched octagon:<br>
           ______________<br>
          /                         \<br>
          |                          |<br>
          |                          |<br>
          \______________/<br>
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        - Not a super fan of the rotated QGIS logo, I'd straighten it
        out.<br>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra">
        <br>
        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Nathan
          Woodrow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Here are a blue and red version. 
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n2k06mipa9crjz/qgis_red.png" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n2k06mipa9crjz/qgis_red.png</a></div>
              <div><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3bqb4ijd4tndm6/qgis_blue.png" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3bqb4ijd4tndm6/qgis_blue.png</a><br>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>IMO the red just doesn't work.  The red on blue
                  just looks strange.
                  <div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Why not leave the logo Q flowing off the splash
                      I think it looks quite good. </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>I do think that the font all needs to be the
                      same colour or shades of the same colour, Having
                      different colours doesn't look good at all.</div>
                    <span><font color="#888888">
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>- Nathan</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                      </font></span></div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <div>
              <div>
                <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                  <br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:36
                    AM, Tim Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Hi
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>For me its -1 for blue, +1 for red.</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>Regards</div>
                        <span><font color="#888888">
                            <div>
                              <br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Tim</div>
                          </font></span></div>
                      <div>
                        <div>
                          <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                            <br>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16,
                              2013 at 12:44 AM, Nathan Woodrow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>></span>
                              wrote:<br>
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                                <div dir="ltr">Can't say I'm a fan of
                                  the red. It's a bit of a harsh colour
                                  to use IMO.  The blue looked nice
                                  because it matched the blue on the
                                  background map.<span><font color="#888888">
                                      <div>
                                        <br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>- Nathan</div>
                                    </font></span></div>
                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <div class="gmail_extra">
                                      <br>
                                      <br>
                                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue,
                                        Jul 16, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Tim
                                        Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>></span>
                                        wrote:<br>
                                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                          <div dir="ltr">Hi
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>Nice - how about with
                                              the Dufour in caps, red
                                              and right aligned?</div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>Regards</div>
                                            <span><font color="#888888">
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>Tim</div>
                                              </font></span></div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                                <br>
                                                <div class="gmail_quote">
                                                  On Tue, Jul 16, 2013
                                                  at 12:09 AM, Salvatore
                                                  Larosa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lrssvtml@gmail.com" target="_blank">lrssvtml@gmail.com</a>></span>
                                                  wrote:<br>
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                                                    <div dir="ltr">
                                                      <div>Red text
                                                        looks nice too:
                                                        <a href="http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo_.png" target="_blank">http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo_.png</a><br>
                                                        <br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      Here the inkscape
                                                      source: <a href="http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.svgz" target="_blank">http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.svgz</a><br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      <div class="gmail_extra">
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                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/15
                                                          Tim Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                                          <div dir="ltr">Hi
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>What
                                                          about doing
                                                          the text in
                                                          'Swiss' red,
                                                          plain and
                                                          flat?</div>
                                                          <span><font color="#888888">
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Tim</div>
                                                          </font></span></div>
                                                          <div class="gmail_extra">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                                          Mon, Jul 15,
                                                          2013 at 10:44
                                                          PM, Andreas
                                                          Neumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>></span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi
                                                          all,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          These are some
                                                          interesting
                                                          improvements.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          I like it how
                                                          the arrow
                                                          points to the
                                                          "Dufourspitze"
                                                          and also the<br>
                                                          transparency
                                                          aspect of the
                                                          arrow. I also
                                                          like the new
                                                          arrangement of<br>
                                                          version number
                                                          and code name
                                                          "Dufour".<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          You may want
                                                          to try the
                                                          text without
                                                          the borders -
                                                          just plain
                                                          fill<br>
                                                          without the
                                                          border.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          I would either
                                                          use the
                                                          original
                                                          proposal that
                                                          I did with the
                                                          3D-looking<br>
                                                          borders
                                                          (filter
                                                          effect) or no
                                                          border at all,
                                                          if you want to
                                                          go for a<br>
                                                          flat look.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Andreas<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Am 15.07.2013
                                                          19:29, schrieb
                                                          Salvatore
                                                          Larosa:<br>
                                                          <div>> How
                                                          about to
                                                          insert the
                                                          logo into
                                                          splash ?<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Here as
                                                          it would look:
                                                          <a href="http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.png" target="_blank">http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.png</a><br>
                                                          > note that
                                                          the load
                                                          message are
                                                          shown on the
                                                          right<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > +1 for
                                                          square corner<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > -1 for
                                                          adding
                                                          copyright<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Regards,<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > -SL<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > 2013/7/15
                                                          Andreas
                                                          Neumann <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>><br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          >> I
                                                          personally do
                                                          not care too
                                                          much. Fine
                                                          with either
                                                          round or sharp<br>
                                                          >>
                                                          corners. The
                                                          latter are
                                                          easier to do
                                                          ;-)<br>
                                                          >><br>
                                                          >>
                                                          Andreas<br>
                                                          >><br>
                                                          >><br>
                                                          >><br>
                                                          >>
                                                          Giovanni
                                                          Manghi <<a href="mailto:giovanni.manghi@faunalia.pt" target="_blank">giovanni.manghi@faunalia.pt</a>>
                                                          schrieb:<br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          To me that is
                                                          getting there.<br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>>
                                                          No one else
                                                          like me would
                                                          prefer to get
                                                          rid of round
                                                          corners? They
                                                          do<br>
                                                          >>>
                                                          not look
                                                          smooth on most
                                                          machines, and
                                                          the square
                                                          corners would
                                                          somehow<br>
                                                          >>>
                                                          represent one
                                                          of the many
                                                          changes in
                                                          qgis 2.0<br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>>
                                                          cheers!<br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>>
                                                          -- Giovanni --<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          >>>
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                                                          <div>
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                                                          >>>
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                                                          >>> <a href="mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
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                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >>><br>
                                                          >> --<br>
                                                          >> Diese
                                                          Nachricht
                                                          wurde von
                                                          meinem
                                                          Android-Mobiltelefon
                                                          mit K-9 Mail<br>
                                                          >>
                                                          gesendet.<br>
                                                          >><br>
                                                          >>
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                                                          </div>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>Salvatore
                                                          Larosa<br>
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