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.

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

  • 𝔊𝔦𝔫𝔧𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔲@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14711·
    11 months 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
      182·
      11 months 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
      121·
      11 months 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.

  • Orbiht@lemm.eeEnglish
    777·
    11 months ago

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

    • MothBookkeeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      11 months 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
        191·
        11 months 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
          18·
          11 months 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.

          • Victron@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            11 months 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.

      • adj16@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

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

    • SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I honestly can’t stand the cutesy eyes. I wish there was some more diversity in the options, something more abstract in there would be nice.

      Oh well, through the magic of Android I can pick a different one to use from the thread.

    • darkstar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I agree. All 3 options look outdated and are not good icons for a Home Screen. Icons need to be simple and clean, these are all too busy

    • fer0n@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I though C was the top one, but you’re right. One of the two there should’ve been up there, they look great.

  • minishoemaze@lemmy.worldEnglish
    454·
    11 months 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

  • dm21@lemm.eeEnglish
    34·
    11 months 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
      11·
      11 months 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.

    • infotainment@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      I don’t really get what’s going on with C, it seems like it’s the Lemmy logo wearing a VR headset.

  • droidiac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    302·
    11 months 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.

  • Orphie Baby@lemmy.worldEnglish
    291·
    11 months 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
    272·
    11 months 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
      7·
      11 months 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.

    • dm21@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I could see C working with some colour inspiration from the current icon perhaps

  • fer0n@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    11 months 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.