GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 339216
Image of bug on index of bugzilla.gnome.org is ugly
Last modified: 2006-05-25 22:05:28 UTC
The index.cgi shows an image of a bug. It is really ugly and should be replaced with something prettier.
Created attachment 63993 [details] ant How about about this?
Actually, I think you'll find that index.cgi shows a strawberry.
A strawberry and four french fries.
How about http://www.despair.com/beauty.html ? There's also http://www.despair.com/quality.html and http://www.despair.com/problems.html. Granted, some people may not have sufficiently advanced senses of humor to appreciate such artwork on b.g.o. ;)
Created attachment 63996 [details] devil's coachhorse I couldn't help but notice that the gnome logo, upside down, resembles a bug. In fact its like my least favourite bug: the devil's coachhorse. Those damn things creep me out. This image combines the two. The gnome logo is this one: http://www.kde-files.org/content/show.php?content=36536 (making this image gpl too). The coachhorse is based on an image here: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/devils_coachhorse_pool.jpg I'm no artist though.
Wow, that coachhorse is really vicious looking =x Nice work, both of you contributors!
If that coachhhorse goes on I think I may be too afraid to use bugzilla, its terrifying. It is a wicked logo, but scary also. Something warm and cuddly perhaps, not that bugs are warm blooded or have fur, although I may be wrong on both counts. ladybug maybe? PS: I have been wondering what that picture on bugzilla was, I thought it was a strawberry also?! It didn't even occur to me it might be a bug of some description... What is it supposed to be?
Created attachment 64043 [details] a ladybug eating a leaf Heres a lady bug, eating a leaf, which is kinda like fixing bugs. Sort of, in no real way what so ever, more of a metaphor.
Created attachment 64048 [details] Another bug lady attempt (hi, gnome)
I vote for http://www.despair.com/problems.html :)
I recommend removing the image entirely. The image doesn't add anything useful, it is only decoration. (For dialup users it just slows things down a little bit extra.) Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one. Someone else commented also suggesting the image be removed or the icon from bug-buddy be used and I like the idea of creating a visual connection between the two. http://blogs.gnome.org/view/ovitters/2006/04/20/0
Ooh, warm and cuddly bugs? Need to take a photo involving Plush Microbes then. http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/ (I own sore throat and stomache ache, if that helps) ;-)
Created attachment 65060 [details] geebee, the tangoified bug
Created attachment 65061 [details] geebee, the tangoified bug now with proper mime-type
(In reply to comment #14) > Created an attachment (id=65061) [edit] > geebee, the tangoified bug Now on the frontpage :-)
It looks like a baby, not a bug. :)
Created attachment 65078 [details] svg (inkscape) source of geebee
feel free request/make changes on geebee
Created attachment 65087 [details] geebee with added third segment added a third segment in hopes that it will be more like a bug, less like a baby, and just as appealing. Still, the two segment geebee (attachment 65061 [details]) has a basic g shape to it, which makes it neat that way.
Really like it now. Thanks for listening to the rantings of a crotchety old man ;)
Created attachment 65091 [details] svg (inkscape) source of geebee with added third segment
Forgot to close the bug. Really thanks for all the contributions! Very much appreciated. Now I have enough images to switch it every once in a while :-)