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Re: New FIRST Site Live

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Originally Posted by Billfred (Post 871838)

The one thing that really irks me is the version of the FIRST logo on the non-competition-specific pages, which bears a passing resemblance to the third example I excerpt from the FIRST logo standards (PDF link):

If the logo standards have changed, then it's time to update the document. (My hard drive has what appears to be an identical copy of the current version with a date stamp of January 2007.) Otherwise, standards are standards.
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The logo question is holding me back from completely loving it (though if there's some method to the madness there, I'll gladly eat my words). Nice work, FIRST!

Without an official word from HQ, my first thought on this is that since FIRST is the actual trademark holder, they would have more flexibility as to use of the trademark. My understanding of the Logo Standards document(which I haven't looked at since the new version of the logo was first released) is that its purpose is to let us know how we can use the logo, and not necessarily the rules that FIRST themselves are required to follow.

Re: New FIRST Site Live

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If the logo standards have changed, then it's time to update the document. (My hard drive has what appears to be an identical copy of the current version with a date stamp of January 2007.) Otherwise, standards are standards.

Overall, I give it a B+. The home page is a lot more eye-catching, the navigation is improved, and the color coding helps divide the sections up a bit. The logo question is holding me back from completely loving it (though if there's some method to the madness there, I'll gladly eat my words). Nice work, FIRST!

It appears they changed the logo to a standard FIRST logo. Web designers must have not read the fine print(or a fairly prominent FIRST document).

Re: New FIRST Site Live

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Originally Posted by Pikat (Post 871850)

This page (http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/default.aspx) seems to be rendering a bit oddly for me on many browsers. Is it just me?

Wierd for me too, IE8

As for the logo, it looks right to me - the symbols in color and the FIRST logotype (text) below in black. This '2009' logo (on the right below) looks to me the same* as the one on the front cover of the 2005 Annual report (on the left).

*OK, they added the Registered Trademark symbol.

Am I missing something?

Re: New FIRST Site Live

It looks good but for some reason the first thing I thought of when I saw it is that it just looked like an older version of the site instead of newer. Just something about it gave it that feeling, maybe it's just me. :confused: