Voting has ended! Congrats to @[email protected] 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

Strawpoll privacy

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

    • MothBookkeeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      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.worldEnglish
        0·
        3 years ago

        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.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 years 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.

      • adj16@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 years ago

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

      • Streetdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 years 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.

  • 𝔊𝔦𝔫𝔧𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔲@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 years 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.

    • adj16@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

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

  • dm21@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    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.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years 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.

  • Z4rK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    3 years 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.