On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 04:21:54 UTC, James Lu wrote:
> As we know, D has a branding problem. I suggest a small step towards fixing that branding problem, namely changing D's brand color to a shade of blue.
>
> Red is associated with excitement, danger, anger, and action. Danger and anger and excitement are not positive qualities of a systems programming language. They amplify the primal fear some people have of GC. In contrast, blue reflects stability, harmony, and trust. These are all qualities we like in a systems programming language. In other words, blue triggers emotions that should be associated with systems programming language, which is what D desires to be.
>
> Go, C, and C++ all use blue. Rust's logo is black, and the rest of its website is an even mix of the rainbow.

No thanks. Blue is a corporate color. I got sick of if already. When I see blue I want to go to bed and sleep instead of doing work. And blue is not good for health of my eyes, because energy of blue light is higher that other color (by law of physics). So your eyes got more `radiation` and get tired quicker. I  I would agree to green or orange, but no `shades of blue`, please...
I like red color. Let it be as it is. Red light has lowest energy in visible spectre, so it is good for eyes. I often switch my text editor to red color theme. And it works well, because I want to sleep less and my eyes are not so tired.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 05:52:35PM +0000, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 17:48:34 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote:
> > Let the "bikeshedding" begin.
> 
> Honestly, the whole discussion is making me see red :-)

	Once the bikeshed is up for painting, the rainbow won't suffice.
	-- Andrei Alexandrescu

:-P


T

-- 
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes.
Then when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and he won't have
his shoes.

Do you want to start a new war? Have you thought about how our Russian/Chinese friends will feel over this change?

Please don't mess with fire, red is the future.

By the way I think we could modernize this logo with some images, what about a Hammer with a Sickle together?

VP.

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 15:06:15 UTC, René Heldmaier wrote:
> "Have you heard of rust?"

Yeah, I've heard of rust. It's that bad thingy that accumulates on my car and make it wreak. What does that have to do with programming? :-P

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 19:32:44 UTC, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl wrote:
> On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 15:06:15 UTC, René Heldmaier wrote:
>> "Have you heard of rust?"
>
> Yeah, I've heard of rust. It's that bad thingy that accumulates on my car and make it wreak. What does that have to do with programming? :-P

Brown is clearly the default programming colour.

Rust... Brown.
Java Coffee... Brown.
The original annotated C++ book... Brown.
The keys of Commodore 64... Brown.

I am sure there are more examples.

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 04:21:54 UTC, James Lu wrote:
> As we know, D has a branding problem. I suggest a small step towards fixing that branding problem, namely changing D's brand color to a shade of blue.

Red fits much more to the theme of Mars and Phobos - red makes lot of sense and changing the color would make the color meaningless. If to fix PR, let's begin with D-Man,becauae D-Man looks broken, underevolved and has nothing to do with the planetary(=universal, spacetravel-hightec...) theme... D-Man ist just a dull "D" - the finesse of a kindergarten child.

On 13.01.20 21:29, Martin Brezel wrote:
> ... If to fix PR, let's begin with D-Man, ...
:-(

On 1/13/20 4:35 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 13.01.20 21:29, Martin Brezel wrote:
>> ... If to fix PR, let's begin with D-Man, ...
> :-(

D-Man's bold simplicity always cracks me up. If anything, the site should switch to that bright red. :)

Ali

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 20:29:41 UTC, Martin Brezel wrote:
> On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 04:21:54 UTC, James Lu wrote:
>
> Red fits much more to the theme of Mars and Phobos - red makes lot of sense and changing the color would make the color meaningless. If to fix PR, let's begin with D-Man,becauae D-Man looks broken, underevolved and has nothing to do with the planetary(=universal, spacetravel-hightec...) theme... D-Man ist just a dull "D" - the finesse of a kindergarten child.

Let's not change the D-man, also it is also not used that much. Just don't introduce some stupid mascot like an overweight penguin or similar.

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 20:29:41 UTC, Martin Brezel wrote:
> On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 04:21:54 UTC, James Lu wrote:
>> As we know, D has a branding problem. I suggest a small step towards fixing that branding problem, namely changing D's brand color to a shade of blue.
>
> Red fits much more to the theme of Mars and Phobos - red makes lot of sense and changing the color would make the color meaningless. If to fix PR, let's begin with D-Man,becauae D-Man looks broken, underevolved and has nothing to do with the planetary(=universal, spacetravel-hightec...) theme... D-Man ist just a dull "D" - the finesse of a kindergarten child.

About D-man and D letter you are wrong. It perfectly fits in spacetravel scenario. Notice the round shape of D letter as of it is an atmosphere entry shield, which shields it's developers and equipment (software) from violent and scorching bugs that, could harm them, allowing a nice land to a planet full of users ready to use equipment they brought.

Best regards,
Alexandru.