[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython logo redux

[John Miller]

I'd like to clarify a bit. The context of my initial endorsement of the 
grail was as a replacement for the apple in the center of the original 
image. So I was imagining a logo much like the current one, but with a 
snake wrapped around a grail (as if to suggest that Python *has found* 
the missing grail). Subsequent suggestions appear to endorse the idea 
of a standalone grail, sans snake.

Personally, I'm in favor of either idea. I just don't like the apple in 
the icon.

John

On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Kevin Ollivier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> IMHO the grail idea would be a cool one, especially given the OS 
> X-style icon treatment. (Bright gold, some jewelry and embellishment, 
> realistic but not photorealistic design.) I don't think it needs to be 
> cute, instead it should look perfect and maybe a *little* ornate, like 
> the Grail would. This at least does emphasize another aspect I like 
> about Python - the quest for the perfect programming language/CP4E. 
> And yes, we get the Monty Python reference too! In that sense, the 
> icon is almost ideal, except that it loses the snake reference on 
> other platforms. (Though with a cool icon I think the other platforms 
> may even switch...)
>
> Kevin

>> On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Glenn Andreas
>> <gandreas at delver.com> wrote:
>>> For a different idea, what about a "grail"?  It would be both a Monty
>>> Python reference (probably more recognizable than the 10-ton weight,
>>> since Wile E. Coyote is also hit by weights like that), as well as
>>> something that has connotations of something "really good" (which
>>> Python of course is).  It would also be a "real world" sort of object
>>> that tends to look good as aqua icons.
>>
>> Fwiw, I like this idea better than the '>>>' or [~~~~] I suggested
>> earlier. (Maybe put 'container' symbols on the grail: (), [], {}, ''',
>> """.)
>>
>> John Miller