sigh, yeah. So loved internally and yet so hated by marketing (perhaps rightly so, but still).
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Replying to @nick_r_cameron
I haven't heard a single argument for why it's validly hated by marketing.http://sourcesofinsight.com/how-to-rebrand-a-brand/ …
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Replying to @wycats
the argument aiui is that we want to push Mozilla more (c.f. Firefox) and that dinosaurs have bad connotations (extinct, scary, etc)
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Replying to @nick_r_cameron @wycats
personally, I disagree on both fronts, but this is way above my pay grade (I'm sure I lack perspective, etc)
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Replying to @nick_r_cameron
did they do any research determining that the *existing logo* is introducing those connotations?
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Replying to @wycats
yeah, I'm amazed we've been able to keep the marketing folk away from that. We do get apx 1 reddit thread per year about it though
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Replying to @nick_r_cameron @wycats
Something I've learned from marketing people is it's not what the engineers want but the target demographic.
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Replying to @mgattozzi @wycats
I think there is some debate as to who the target demographic for Mozilla (cf Firefox) is or should be
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Mozilla has been a somewhat dev-targeted brand and there has been an effort to change that, is my understanding
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so definitely go with moz://a, when browsers have been moving away from :// in URLs for "regular people" friendly
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Replying to @wycats @mgattozzi
yeah... (this is a conversation which makes me sigh a lot)
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