Why do YOU hate the Windows Logo?
Saturday, March 27, 2004 by wstaylor | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I get a LOT of comments about the Windows Logo... What is the REAL problem? Please, don't turn this thread into a wstaylor-bashing post ( I get plenty of that in my comments )... I just want to know... What about the people that enjoy the Windows Flag? Where does this anger come from??? This is not a question about art or creativity... Just, why the Windows Logo? 
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wstaylor
Reply #42 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:22 PM
Reply #42 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:22 PM
Well if you guys want to help out with my promotional efforts you could start a thread about "wstaylor's negative responses to comments"... i had a bad day ... what can i say? anyhow i think i've heard enough... I appreciate all of the view expressed in this thread...
HG_Eliminator
Reply #43 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:22 PM
Reply #43 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:22 PM
i personally dont care for MS.. they constantly buy up smaller progs that are normally free, to stop competition with their "PAY" products ..example. Battle Com was a free program that the gaming community used to voice chat. but it was cutting in to MS game voice sales . so they bought it and killed the project ...next example . Mech Warrior4 a sweet battle tech game that was voted game of the year among many other awards from the gaming and PC community..but after ms released their XBOX version and realized the older pc version was cutting in to their sales .. again they killed the older project stateing there was a lack of intrest in the game .....there were on most nites 400+ players, fri and sat there was even heavyer #'s of players. as a old Mech Warrior (started with net commander then MW2 ,MW3,MW4,MWblack knight,the expansion packs, then finally mechwarrior mercenaries). i was appauled to hear that we were being blown off to further XBOXes sales...(now their releasing a new version for the x box ....lack of interest huh ????? )...
we were all wating for mech warrior 5 to be released. after abt 9 years of being mech pilots me and my unit of abt 50 members are now playing non microsoft games(a boycot if you will)
MS will not force me to buy a XBOX to continue playing mech warrior......sad part is i was going to buy my kids a xbox for X-mas til MS pulled this...PS2 here we come ..........
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we were all wating for mech warrior 5 to be released. after abt 9 years of being mech pilots me and my unit of abt 50 members are now playing non microsoft games(a boycot if you will)
MS will not force me to buy a XBOX to continue playing mech warrior......sad part is i was going to buy my kids a xbox for X-mas til MS pulled this...PS2 here we come ..........
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sig101
Reply #45 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:54 PM
Reply #45 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:54 PM
Having read the comments on the walls, I don't see what the problem is. Almost all postive comments. Perhaps a "ho hum" comment but that's hardly devastating. No trash talking that I can see unless there were comments that were moderated. If you expect only universal praise, I'd suggest that's an unrealistic expectation for any work.
Don't be surprised however if some people aren't thrilled with such logos and windows related text on walls, if for no other reason that they've been overdone. And if the wall is an attractive graphic, some simply prefer not to have text etc "cluttering" it up. Tastes vary. But others still do like them with logos (if the wall is pleasing to the eye). Used to be a joke that if someone wanted a lot of downloads, just slap "Windows XP" on a wall.
Since the XP thing has been so overdone at this point it's grown a bit stale and that may no longer be the case. In some cases the wall must itself be remarkable enough that it works without the text and logo and if that is the case, some will find the text and logo entirely dispensable.
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Don't be surprised however if some people aren't thrilled with such logos and windows related text on walls, if for no other reason that they've been overdone. And if the wall is an attractive graphic, some simply prefer not to have text etc "cluttering" it up. Tastes vary. But others still do like them with logos (if the wall is pleasing to the eye). Used to be a joke that if someone wanted a lot of downloads, just slap "Windows XP" on a wall.
Since the XP thing has been so overdone at this point it's grown a bit stale and that may no longer be the case. In some cases the wall must itself be remarkable enough that it works without the text and logo and if that is the case, some will find the text and logo entirely dispensable. 
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wstaylor
Reply #47 Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:01 PM
Or the msn Butterfly
Reply #47 Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:01 PM
| Used to be a joke that if someone wanted a lot of downloads, just slap "Windows XP" on a wall. |
sig101
Reply #48 Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:15 PM
Reply #48 Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:15 PM
I edited my response above before I saw your post to add some more babble, but by the way, I downloaded your MSN Butterfly wall since I liked it. 
To follow up on my comments that the wall as a graphic has to have something going for it on its own so the Windows thing is not just a gimmick (like just slapping XP on it as some people did), here's a wall that uses the Windows thing in a creative way (IMO anyway): Apocalypse's XP Latex https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=8&SkinID=8362
To follow up on my comments that the wall as a graphic has to have something going for it on its own so the Windows thing is not just a gimmick (like just slapping XP on it as some people did), here's a wall that uses the Windows thing in a creative way (IMO anyway): Apocalypse's XP Latex https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=8&SkinID=8362
Jafo
Reply #50 Monday, March 29, 2004 12:05 AM
Reply #50 Monday, March 29, 2004 12:05 AM
| Used to be a joke that if someone wanted a lot of downloads, just slap "Windows XP" on a wall. |
Yes, but alas the humour is a tad dried out now.
If anyone really wants to design around the MS logo, etc and expect it to definitely be approved then it had better be a really clever, original permutation.....preferably original imagery.
There are way too many 'stuck-on Doze Logo-ed' walls here as it is so we hardly need any more of them...
Cann1bal
Reply #51 Monday, March 29, 2004 12:40 AM
Last I checked, I think thats why I got WBs too. I mean dont get me wrong, it I could lose the symbol hey I wouldnt mind it a bit, hence the WBs I use, and I dont have nothing agains big bad billy gates, I think he made a good system and it works I dont have many problems out of mine, or at least nothing that I cant fix by cursing the comp a few times and them it straightens up and works, but as for the logo, some like it, some dont, Ive never done a wall with the icon, maybe I will one day, I doubt it, but you never know right I say hey you get on here and they let you through run with it, Ive seen some wallpapers on here that I thought were horrid, but hey kickassness is in the eye of the beholder I guess. Not that I actually mad any sense with this post at all but hey what can I say I love you guys
Reply #51 Monday, March 29, 2004 12:40 AM
| I don't mind the logos so much as that UGLY green start button on XP. That's why I use WindowBlinds, etc. |
Last I checked, I think thats why I got WBs too. I mean dont get me wrong, it I could lose the symbol hey I wouldnt mind it a bit, hence the WBs I use, and I dont have nothing agains big bad billy gates, I think he made a good system and it works I dont have many problems out of mine, or at least nothing that I cant fix by cursing the comp a few times and them it straightens up and works, but as for the logo, some like it, some dont, Ive never done a wall with the icon, maybe I will one day, I doubt it, but you never know right I say hey you get on here and they let you through run with it, Ive seen some wallpapers on here that I thought were horrid, but hey kickassness is in the eye of the beholder I guess. Not that I actually mad any sense with this post at all but hey what can I say I love you guys
wstaylor
Reply #52 Monday, March 29, 2004 1:19 AM
Reply #52 Monday, March 29, 2004 1:19 AM
Jafo... You are the most well spoken person in this thread...
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Reply #41 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:21 PM