2y ago

WINNER: OPTION B

Choose Voyager's icon!

Voting has ended! Congrats to @fer0n@lemm.ee with option B. Thanks everyone for participating! :)

First off, thanks to everyone that participated in our icon contest last week!

I'm excited to show the final three options for you to vote on below!

Overview

Option A

Option B

Option C

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339 comments

I vote for C.
- Kinda looks like that apple vr
  
  Yes, though only because Apple just used pretty much a standard ski goggle aesthetic.
- Same
- C, def.
- C all the way

I think B looks the nicest of the three by far. Good use of a monochromatic color scheme, nice balance between background and foreground elements, perfectly readable at a distance.
The design direction of A is a bit busy and stands out a little too much IMO, it looks kind of out of place next to stock iOS apps. C looks a bit too amateur, and has several tangents in it that really bother me - I do like the overall idea of it, but it could really use a rework.
- I started with C, but then clicked the links to compare what hey all looked like on a Home Screen (yes, I eventually followed instructions .. look at me go). B is clearly the standout for me.
- If one is chosen, I’ll give the author the opportunity to tweak :)
  
  Good to know! :)
- Couldn’t agree more. A is lovely, but too cartoony. B is very cohesive and well made. C, as you said, looks amateurish, and the visor looks like a VR headset.

My vote is for B, but I think it would look good with a splash of the multicolor like the other two do.
- I like the lack of multicolor for an icon. I also liked the ability to change icons in Apollo if I was feeling colorful during that period of my life.
  
  If you’re on iOS, here‘s a shortcut that lets you change the icon to whatever you want.
  This is the post about it.

None of the above. They look straight outta 2010.
- It pains me to agree, since the community put so much effort into these, and that's truly appreciated, but I don't feel like any of them live up to Voyager's aesthetic. They're all kinda amateurish. Hopefully the devs do another one of these contests in time.
  
  That's the word I was trying to avoid, "amateurish" (not to sound harsh). There are a lot of cool ideas out there, but definitely not the work of a professional designer (disc.: I work with graphic designers and app developers, I'm a web developer myself). Maybe the Lemmy community needs to grow a little, so we can get more options.
- I prefer the current icon to any of these new ones.
  
  Looks like I can never delete the current one from my homescreen for any reason 😅
- I agree. All 3 options look outdated and are not good icons for a Home Screen. Icons need to be simple and clean, these are all too busy
- I honestly can't stand the cutesy eyes. I wish there was some more diversity in the options, something more abstract in there would be nice.
  Oh well, through the magic of Android I can pick a different one to use from the thread.
- Holy shit lmao these are actually good, the difference is astounding
  
  The probe is <3
  Sad to not see it as an option to vote on!

I hate to say it but the options are a bit disappointing. I wish the top community upvoted submission was considered:
https://lemmy.world/comment/1114273
- I though C was the top one, but you’re right. One of the two there should’ve been up there, they look great.

I like B personally, but the choices aren't adaptable icons on Android 🥲 if anyone knows a good way of forcing that on Nova launcher let me know
- What do you want them to do?
  
  Change color based on Material You.
- Does it have to be a svg version or what does it need?

Add me to the “unfortunately I don’t think any of them are great and can’t/won’t single out one to vote for, but truly appreciate all the effort that’s been put in” list
- This is what I thought too. The original icon is better then the given 3 options. Sorry about all the effort from the contestants.

I'm going with C. A is pretty cute too though.

The current one is way better than any of these. No offense to the designers they look great but I just don’t think they beat out what’s already there.

I think C is the cleanest
- I don't really get what's going on with C, it seems like it's the Lemmy logo wearing a VR headset.

I like B the most. C isn't bad. Give it the smiling eyes in white and it'll probably be better. A is too busy.
- 👁️ 👁️ https://i.ibb.co/Hr1bDGr/eyes.png ^(sorry😅)
  
  Lmao
  
  Lol

My primary vote goes to D - The current icon. My secondary vote would go to C but much more colorful.
Edit: “VPN user voting is not allowed”. Really? We’re afraid someone will use VPN to brigade this icon vote?
- It’s a stawpoll thing, just a site-wide ban. Which doesn’t even really work, since I just voted using iCloud Private Relay (a proxy, not quite a VPN but still) and it worked just fine since the servers must not be registered to strawpoll yet.
- Yeah I could see C working with some colour inspiration from the current icon perhaps

I like the PWA logo that we already have.
- I am in the same boat. I like the current icon just as I liked the previous name. :-)
  
  Me too. Since it’s a PWA on iPhone, I guess we can change the name to whatever we like :)

I'm not voting because none of them look good, sorry :(

C for me

The voting should’ve let us rank the icons instead of just choosing one (or at least choose multiple). That way, your second wish could count if the first one didn’t make it. Now, if the votes are split 1/3 each, you could end up with an icon that only 1/3 want, even if 2/3 preferred one of the other ones.
The winner-takes-it-all voting is a bad idea.
- It’s called “ranked-choice voting”, and I agree.

None, they are all markedly worse than the current icon.

Another vote for the current icon. These are all a lot worse.
- All the new ones seem too busy, it's not gonna translate well when the icons shrunk down.
- What is the current icon?
  
  The one you currently see in the browser here: https://vger.app/settings/install (and then on your Home Screen if you install the app)

B for sure

Is there an option to keep the current icon?
- Yeah I love the current icon!!

B is a cutie 🥰

A, but I like the current icon better.
- Looks like you’re going to have to do a fork on the m.lemmy.world branch that keeps the current icon :)

No offence to the creators of A and C but they both completely lack the right spacing, centering, decent line widths etc to suit an app icon. They both look broken.
So … B. By far.
But I almost like the current icon more because it is so colourful, it just needs a modified lemming.

B is really the best of the 3 and by a long margin.

C, as it looks timeless

Ribbit
- There already are more submissions. They just picked out 3, you can check out the link at the top

I know it’s not productive to say but I don’t like any of them more than the current rainbow one. 😢
- I do love the current one!

I am new here so haven't seen the previous suggestions but all three here are not ideal. Actually far from it.
I'd suggest letting people donate for a pro to make a few suggestions instead

B is the best looking design.

B Team!

None. (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠）⁠╯⁠︵⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

B.
Although I’m kinda bummed that only one of the community’s top three made it into the final around. 😔

I vote B

Can a PWA have multiple/selectable icons? Like the src in the manifest file gets swapped upon selection or something.
- I feel like it should be possible, at least on iOS you can already do it yourself with this shortcut.
  This is the post about it.
  You have to reinstall it though, not sure if that’s possible without doing so.
- This looks promising. Client app installs a sub-app https://github.com/ivansandrk/multi-apps/blob/main/explainer.md

Of the three, probably B.
I much prefer the current icon but to all three as the colour really pops on that one. I was very pleasantly surprised when that icon popped up on my device.