Redesign of dlang.org

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On Tuesday, 1 July 2014 at 08:34:30 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> On Monday, 30 June 2014 at 21:23:59 UTC, David Gileadi wrote:
>> My opinion is that the redesign preserves the spirit of the 
>> current logo while fitting in well with the flatter look. I 
>> think someone who sees the one logo will recognize the other 
>> in it (unlike some of the recent proposed logos).
>
> On Tuesday, 1 July 2014 at 06:42:49 UTC, w0rp wrote:
>> The logo is a placeholder I made with no graphic design 
>> experience. The old logo is a bit too fat and round to fit 
>> with the new design, so I'd like something which is obviously 
>> still the same brand, but looks a bit flatter.
>
> No! You must use the original D logo, this is not up for 
> debate. I will fight this until the end. You cannot mess about 
> with the brand! We must start to approach these things in a 
> professional and respectful manner.
>
> The original D logo (and colours) must be used.

Doing logo restyling together with web site update is not unheard 
of. Why do you see this a big deal? As long as it is recognizable 
and not fundamentally different of course. Having logo that 
simply does not fit into new design is worse.