[Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?
[Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?
Hello everyone,
This community is only a few hours old, and already there is a meta post ha ha.
I was just thinking that the EU flag doesn't include non-EU countries such as Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Ukraine, Iceland, Albania, Georgia, etc.
Maybe a more "map-based" logo like this one could be considered too?
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You're right but the flag is easy to read even at low resolution. Not sure that a map would make for a good small icon.
Even in all black, it's kind of hard to see at low resolutions (ignore the superimposed flag, this is just what I found on the internet):
Thank you for your comment!
As a comparison, the way !yurop@lemm.ee icon looks:
I guess the shape of the continent is unique enough to be distinguishable
This is what that looks like in Photon (e.g. at https://p.feddit.org):
And in the bottom bar, next to each other:
(Granted, it's a little unfair, since Photon in particular appears to scale the icons in a dumb way.)
What's dumb about the scaling? The resolution? if so, I'll fix that.
Ooh, thank you! Sorry for the way I worded it. Anyway: To me, it looks weirdly pixelated, as if either:
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It doesn't take into account high-PPI screens and scales the image file for a 96ppi screen and then the browser scales it up to display size or
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It just takes a file with huge image resolution and the browser scales it down quickly on the fly.
You can look at my screenshots.
I'll try and fix that soon.
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