[Poll] What do you think of the new SketchUp logo color ?

[ArCAD-UK]

It's a clever play on 3D and 2D if a little over simplistic but I hate the red, please can we have it in Trimble blue. At least with the new icons I am more likely to click the right one, I was always "blinded" by the pencil in the old icons when clicking in a hurry.

[thomthom]

@arcad-uk said:

At least with the new icons I am more likely to click the right one, I was always "blinded" by the pencil in the old icons when clicking in a hurry.

That's a very important role of an icon - in which sense it is better.
Like the Adobe Creative Suite - some years ago they had a white tile for background with some graphic on top representing each application in the suite. It was very difficult to quickly find the correct one. I often clicked on the wrong one - usually when I hot the correct one it was because I knew it's position. When they updated to the more recent style, brightly coloured square with a two-letter initial of the application there was a lot of people on the internet crying havoc - saying the icons weren't inspiring them any more etc. But I think they where a very good change - each application was immediately distinguishable. Much more user friendly than before. While not as graphically "arty" - they did their job much better. Icons are like logos - they are not just pretty graphic, they have a though job to do. And SketchUp's icon - it's actually their logo as well.

I frowned myself when I saw it the first time - but it's grown on me and when I shake that "everything was better before" feeling and start to think of it as an icon and as a logo I think it's working really well. I never really put much thought to the old one - just accepted it because it was the one SketchUp had when I started using it.

[pilou]

More quiet in bleu and more Trimbling
I see some kites flying in the sky

[thomthom]

@unknownuser said:

More quiet in bleu and more Trimbling
I see some kites flying in the sky

Very corporate - the blue. I don't see the need to lean towards Trimble style branding. Their websites etc isn't the best visually nor user friendly.

[Rich O Brien]

I still see a little house....

...though its fallen over from exhaustion

[pilou]

I see 3 Steps of a Library's ladder!

[beginner]

Now the logo has a CORPORATE look.

[pilou]

Red = 3 steps for the Hell
Blue = 3 steps for the Eden

[dale]

Interesting , mine is Red. Is that a Mac, PC thing?

[Jimmymino]

If you didnt already read this, Aidan posted the thought processes behind the new logo. I would not have guessed it from looking at the logo without reading this article:

A brand new brand for SketchUp

Follow the SketchUpdate blog for SketchUp news, modeling tips and tricks, user stories and more.

(sketchupdate.blogspot.com)

[Dan Rathbun]

Just a note, that you can change your vote if the color grows on ya'... or the logo color is revised later.

[bmike]

i posted this in the other thread...

[pilou]

Whe have in France something like that for a builder company

[Aerilius]

Another use of the new icon:

[dtrarch]

Looks just like what a bunch of engineers would come up with.
50's graphics and just no fun at all.
Good freeway sign however.
HMMMM

[Dan Rathbun]

Man, it's like pullin' teeth to get at least 100 people to cast a vote.

[pbacot]

Now that I finally upgraded, have to say these icons are the brightest friggin' thing on my dock by a long shot. Can't misplace them anyway...

[Dan Rathbun]

SAD! 100,000 members and less than 100 votes.

[Dan Rathbun]

Hurray! We hit the century vote mark!