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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⚠️ 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.

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

  • 𝔊𝔦𝔫𝔧𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔲English
    79•2 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.

    • @Humanbiscuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11•2 years ago

      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.

    • @Dmian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•2 years ago

      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.

  • VictronEnglish
    31•2 years ago

    None of the above. They look straight outta 2010.

    • @MothBookkeeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22•2 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.

      • VictronEnglish
        10•2 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
          12•2 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.

          • VictronEnglish
            7•2 years ago

            IMO you just hit the nail on its head: it’s an icon not a miniature fanart, it can be simple, yet creative, original and most important, easily recognizable, less is more. These options look like Apollo knockoffs.

  • @minishoemaze@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25•2 years ago

    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

  • Orphie BabyEnglish
    19•2 years ago

    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.

  • @Z4rK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16•2 years 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?

    • @TeckFire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      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.

  • @droidiac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16•2 years ago

    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.

  • RuudEnglish
    14•2 years ago

    A, but I like the current icon better.

    • @adj16@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•2 years ago

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