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I'd give it a 2.5 I guess. I don't really think using bird names is
an effective way to solve point 1, and possibly point 2. I feel like
after a while the version numbers will still become extremely
confusing. For example, I could not tell you a single Ubuntu release
code name, instead I just remember the version numbers. And I don't
know, Thunderbird 38 (Avocet) just seems unnecessary to me, and I
would prefer we just fix our numbering system. (E.G. Use year
numbers, Thunderbird 2015). <br>
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All that said, I wouldn't grow seriously irritated if we did use the
names (as long as there still exists some numerical system), but I
do have a stronger opposition to the logo, although that's not
relevant to this thread.<br>
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Josiah<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/28/15 7:44 PM, R Kent James wrote:<br>
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I'm getting a bit of pushback to my previously announced plans to
use <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://monacoeye.com/birds/index_files/recurvirostra_avosetta_pied_avocet_08.jpg">Avocet</a>
and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Bunting_by_Dan_Pancamo.jpg">Bunting</a>
as branding for Thunderbird releases 38 and 45. I'm curious - do I
have any support for this, or do you think it's a bad idea? I
would appreciate feedback, just reply with your attitude on a
scale of 1-5 with 1 being "I hate it" and 5 being "I love it"
(this is for the branding names, not for the graphics below).<br>
<br>
Briefly, the reasoning behind switching from Thunderbird
17/24/31/38/45 as major release branding to named versions using
alphabetical bird names is:<br>
<br>
1) Those numbers are meaningless to anyone who is not a gecko
geek. They was never intended as branding, it just accidentally
resulted when we cut back our release schedule to only use esr
versions. Even Firefox is trying to change this now (though we
need not follow Firefox here). The existing release branding is
terrible.<br>
<br>
2) I want to counter the market sense that "Thunderbird is dead"
with a new message that we are alive and have an active community
moving forward. The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2015/02/thunderbird-usage-continues-to-grow/">last
blog post</a> was a first step, and generated a lot of
discussion on the internet. A named release helps with that
message, "38" does not.<br>
<br>
3) Why birds? Well we are a bird, and birds have interesting
shapes and coloration that make interesting graphics targets. As
one concept for how to use this, I asked Elio Qoshi to come up
with a concept of a modified logo that we could use when we are
referring specifically to our next release. This would not replace
our current logo, only be used where the release is being
mentioned, such as blog posts, the about dialog, and start page.
Here it is (or see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mesquilla.net/Thunderbird38Avocet-v4.jpg">https://mesquilla.net/Thunderbird38Avocet-v4.jpg</a>
if the inline image fails) Note that the Pied Avocet, which is
the specific specie being depicted here, has a distinctive <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://monacoeye.com/birds/index_files/recurvirostra_avosetta_pied_avocet_08.jpg">black
and white coloration</a>:<br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part6.06030402.05040203@programmer.net" alt=""><br>
<br>
R Kent James<br>
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P. S. If you really hate it, see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zb1qsVqjwg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zb1qsVqjwg</a>
which was a major theme of my grad school lab, "It's good though!"<br>
<br>
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