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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

🗳️ Vote!

⚠️ BEFORE VOTING I encourage you to tap through the links above to see what it's like on your homescreen!

Results of the poll will not be available until it has ended, so no need to make a rushed decision.

~~VOTE HERE: https://strawpoll.com/BDyNEbKeqZR~~

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~~Polling ends in ~24 hours! If there is a tie, I will cast the final vote.~~

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[–] victron@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

None of the above. They look straight outta 2010.

[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] victron@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I also think the contest guidelines are partly to blame. The whole, "avoid the corporate vector look, look at these super detailed illustrations" thing is horrendous advice. It basically translates to, "avoid doing what the most talented app icon designers in the world do."

Yes, the icon should be fun and stand out. Yes, the Facebook "f" is boring as fuck. But some of the greatest app icons are extremely simple, and there are reasons for that. Fine details don't display well in the actual contexts that icons are used in; they make the design seem muddy and confused. People resonate with clear design that knows its purpose.

[–] Tatters@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer the current icon to any of these new ones.

[–] adj16@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Looks like I can never delete the current one from my homescreen for any reason 😅

[–] 8bit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] iamthewalrus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Current icon

[–] gunnm@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Kinda looks like that apple vr

[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there an option to keep the current icon?

[–] ninekeysdown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I love the current icon!!

[–] Streetdog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I third this. Current icon looks way better than provided options.

It's a bit too fast to start doing a Reddit and degrade the app icon.

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] sknob@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another vote for the current icon. These are all a lot worse.

[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] dm21@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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)

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[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] jadrien1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can we just have the options to choose what icon we want??

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it is not possible for a Progressive Webapp.

[–] jadrien1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awwww alright well thanks for the reply!! Was hoping C would win it looks so clean.

[–] dm21@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] MNLFNUT8YG@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is what I thought too. The original icon is better then the given 3 options. Sorry about all the effort from the contestants.

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A, but I like the current icon better.

[–] adj16@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think what this poll failed to reflect is people’s dislike for some of the alternatives.

I like B so little that I’ll have to stop having Voyager installed as a PWA.

With such a close race I would prefer if @aeharding would hold back a little and extend the search for a new icon until something with a clearer consensus appears.

[–] Ginjutsu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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?

[–] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like the PWA logo that we already have.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] jiji@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

None. (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠)⁠╯⁠︵⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

[–] Shit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Orbiht@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My vote is for B, but I think it would look good with a splash of the multicolor like the other two do.

[–] Glisten6159@waveform.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what about making it optional?
both android and ios provide some sort of api for changing icons.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mostly because Voyager is a progressive web app with no such API available because Apple and Google are large corporations that profit over their controlled app stores.

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[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Kuunha@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago
[–] OutdoorDining@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] L0Wigh@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago
[–] greenashura@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

B is the best by far

[–] Vub@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club -1 points 1 year ago

B and it's not even close

[–] robocall@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
[–] Imbaster@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago
[–] Tygr@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using B for a couple weeks now as it is. Obviously I voted B, still love it

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