A New Logo For Apollo? The New Name?

Update: I’m an idiot. Lee said they mentioned this at the keynote and that it’s just an icon so people can test custom icons in the applications. Sorry!
Whew, it’s been a crazy weekend. Apollo Camp was great, and you’ve seen all the stuff we got (Adobe spared no expense). But one thing you may not have seen was that Apollo might be getting a new logo. Digging around the CD, I found this:

So it sure looks to me like Apollo is getting a new icon, and I think it’s pretty cool. There was also talk about Apollo’s new name with Kevin Lynch describing it as “really cool”. I’ve gotten tired of the people who are complaining about the fact that “Apollo” is just a code name. That’s part of what makes it cool in my mind: the code names all tie back to Central. So my advice to you? Stop complaining, stop running silly polls and wait it out. If the name sucks, THEN start complaining, but don’t complain about a name that Adobe has no legal hope of being able to defend.

I’m off to Ajax World tonight but I’ve been trying to catch the link blog up today, so keep an eye on it if you’re looking for good posts about RIAs. I’ll be in New York until Thursday, so feel free to give me a ring (267.250.9422) or Twitter me if you want to meet up.

[tags]Apollo, Apollo Camp, Ajax World[/tags]

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  • http://www.peterelst.com Peter

    wow, that icon sure looks cool — totally different style than the new CS3 ones though. Its still got the rocket theme, can’t wait to hear what they’ve got in mind.

  • http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com Ryan Stewart

    Hmm, good point about breaking from the CS3 icons. I’m not sure what to think about that. Maybe this is just an “alpha logo” to help change it up a bit? It could be to get away from the official-looking Apollo logo that we’ve all come to know so that when the new logo/new name come, we won’t be quite as surprised.

  • http://www.theflashblog.com Lee Brimelow

    They actualy mentioned this during one of the sessions. They included this so we could test out using cstom icons in our apps.

    Ryan was too plastered :-)

    Lee

  • http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com Ryan Stewart

    LMAO! I was in the quiet room blogging while the keynote was going on. I think the lesson to be learned here is: I’m an idiot.

    Now I’m going to feel bad for having a sensationalist title…..okay, not really.

  • http://polygeek.com polyGeek

    I’m still holding out for “Ollopa”. :-)

  • http://polygeek.com polyGeek

    No, wait, I got it: Adobe Cosmo! I love it.

  • p*

    It looks nice. We should keep the black as main color imo

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