Pixlet graphic seems very un-Apple...doesn't it? [Archive]

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jholzner

Jul 4, 2003, 04:55 PM

http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/173e20bea81d0b/www.apple.com/macosx/panther/images/index_pixlet_062303.gif

It just seems so obtrusive and blunt. Lacks the subtlety of their other graphics. It doesn't really matter I guess...just an observation.:cool:

MorganX

Jul 4, 2003, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by jholzner
http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/173e20bea81d0b/www.apple.com/macosx/panther/images/index_pixlet_062303.gif

It just seems so obtrusive and blunt. Lacks the subtlety of their other graphics. It doesn't really matter I guess...just an observation.:cool:

Maybe it existed before Apple adopted it. Is it Apple's, Pixar's????

shadowfax

Jul 4, 2003, 05:30 PM

i think it is an apple-designed technology in some kind of cooperation or endorsement by Pixar. it strikes me as natural, very "hollywoodish," like some kind of funny banner, almost 20s or something in style. even has the star to boot. i guess it is unapple and flashy in a way, but obtrusive? nahhhh....

Flowbee

Jul 4, 2003, 05:30 PM

Agreed. And the name is goofy, too.

tazo

Jul 4, 2003, 05:30 PM

Gymnut

Jul 4, 2003, 06:56 PM

Almost sounds like piglet. Was expecting to see an icon of a pig.

tjwett

Jul 4, 2003, 08:52 PM

i don't know, i think it could be ok. i think alot of the intial "cheese" of it comes from seeing it on a black background. i think it would look cool in a transparency, quirky but cool. it's supposed to look like the titling and graphics you see at the movie theater at the beginning, which always tend to live on the cheezy side of the street. i think the whole vibe is very intentional. as for the name, i'm not really feeling it.

trebblekicked

Jul 4, 2003, 11:48 PM

why give a codec a logo? are you going to build brand recognition for a codec with a logo (and a bad one at that?). this thing looks like an afterthought.

Kwyjibo

Jul 5, 2003, 12:10 AM

yeah the logo isn't that cool

shadowfax

Jul 5, 2003, 01:26 AM

Originally posted by trebblekicked
why give a codec a logo? are you going to build brand recognition for a codec with a logo (and a bad one at that?). this thing looks like an afterthought. yeah. i agree. i don't think they meant pixlet to be anything like qicktime. as it is, it's flashy, it works for the intro, and it makes it so you'll remember it. with any luck, we won't see it much, but we will remember the codec pretty damn well...