this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
653 points (96.1% liked)

Voyager

5720 readers
44 users here now

The official lemmy community for Voyager, an open source, mobile-first client for lemmy.

Download on App Store

Download on Play Store

Use as a Web App

Download on F-Droid

Rules

  1. Be nice.
  2. lemmy.world instance policy

Sponsor development! ๐Ÿ‘‡

Number of sponsors badge

๐Ÿ’™

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Voting has ended! Congrats to @[email protected] with option B. Thanks everyone for participating! :)


First off, thanks to everyone that participated in our icon contest last week!

I'm excited to show the final three options for you to vote on below!

Overview

Option A

Option B

Option C

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Vote!

โš ๏ธ BEFORE VOTING I encourage you to tap through the links above to see what it's like on your homescreen!

Results of the poll will not be available until it has ended, so no need to make a rushed decision.

~~VOTE HERE: https://strawpoll.com/BDyNEbKeqZR~~

Strawpoll privacy

~~Polling ends in ~24 hours! If there is a tie, I will cast the final vote.~~

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] MothBookkeeper 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also think the contest guidelines are partly to blame. The whole, "avoid the corporate vector look, look at these super detailed illustrations" thing is horrendous advice. It basically translates to, "avoid doing what the most talented app icon designers in the world do."

Yes, the icon should be fun and stand out. Yes, the Facebook "f" is boring as fuck. But some of the greatest app icons are extremely simple, and there are reasons for that. Fine details don't display well in the actual contexts that icons are used in; they make the design seem muddy and confused. People resonate with clear design that knows its purpose.