[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython logo redux

[Rob Managan]

At 12:58 PM -0500 11/4/03, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>You may have a point with regard to people disliking/being afraid of 
>snakes.  However, I'm not sure how much weight that really carries. 
>Python isn't named FuzzyBunny, and even though the language was not 
>named after the snake, it seems that most people (even the people 
>that know the reference) make the snake association.  Also, most 
>(all?) software developers/researchers/hobbyists/etc are mature 
>enough to not have a problem with a depiction of a snake.
>
>Yes, the logo is detailed, but scaling is not an issue because I 
>have access to the designer and can have him tweak an icns file to 
>get the low res versions right.  Besides, it's layered photoshop, 
>and organized well enough so that even I could rather painlessly 
>remove enough of the detail to have it gracefully scale down to 
>32x32 just by hiding layers.
>
>As far as the apple goes, it's a separate layer and can be replaced 
>with other things for customization purposes -- i.e. you could 
>potentially put something that looks like a console there for 
>PyInterpreter.  I'm not terribly concerned with Windows XP, I just 
>want something to work for OS X.
>
>-bob
>

I like the image. At low resolution for an icon I don't think it is 
an issue with those that hate snakes. (not really knowing anyone that 
averse to snakes I am probably just making noise there however)
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