Worrying attitudes to the branding of the D language

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 2 July 2014 at 02:32:18 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 7/1/2014 3:02 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> I'm not taking it lightly. The big issue I see with the 
>> current state is that D
>> simply doesn't have a consistent brand at this point, and 
>> never had (D Man,
>> anyone?). Frantically clinging to the current bits and pieces 
>> doesn't help us at
>> all, and neither do alarmist and inflammatory sweeping blows 
>> directed at a
>> honest (and only partially related) volunteer effort.
>
> The only thing that we have that is consistent is the current D 
> logo. I do not understand the rationale for changing it.
>

That do not make any sense. Element are consistent as a ensemble.
Each element taken separately will be consistent with itself.

> There's so much that can be done to improve the website, I'm 
> reluctant to put time and energy into redesigning the logo.

Someone did. It is agreed by most that it is better looking and
more usable than what we currently have.