[Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon? Englisch

hitmyspot , vor 7 Tagen

While it may not nominally include them, the flags stars represent the coming together of countries. Stars ate no longer added to represent individual countries as theynjoin, so i thinknit still fits.

Using the map works but as a circular icon it will also exclude countries or be too small, so it doesn't fix the problem presented.

Its not ideal as a logo but unless a better option presents, I'd keep itnover a map. Unfortunately, this specific map is not loading for me. Possibly an update issue.

hitmyspot , vor 7 Tagen

It now loads for me. Ireland and northern irelands borders are incorrect. I too blame Brexit, lol.

But as suspected, of this was used, Iceland would be cut off as would Portugal and lots of others depending on selected Centre.

meldrik , vor 7 Tagen

Keep it as it is, I say.

DarkThoughts , vor 7 Tagen

No. The EU flag is the flag of Europe too and actually predates the EU. It was merely adapted for it too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Europe

CAVOK , vor 7 Tagen

I think the flag is fine personally. It's very clear what the community is about.

calcopiritus , vor 7 Tagen

a kid's drawing of not-to-scale europe

I suggest my drawing of Europe by memory. Your favourite country might not even be in there but it's simple so you can see it as a small icon! I see no downsides.

lurch , vor 8 Tagen

maybe a cute kitten

manucode , vor 8 Tagen

Unrelated, but that map is a little bit funny. Eastern Latvia apparently seceded, Ireland reunited and there's a big lake between Romania and Bulgaria.

manucode , vor 8 Tagen

The EU flag is technically also the flag of the Council of Europe, of which Switzerland and Co are members. The only European countries not in the CoE are Belarus and the Vatican though Russia's membership is suspended.

Servais OP , vor 8 Tagen

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

federalreverse Mod , vor 8 Tagen

Europa on a bull might work, if we can find a simplified enough version of it..?

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstudy.com%2Fcimages%2Fmultimages%2F16%2Feuropa12860383109199990006.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=04846683b5f7921ac8463a5c8b7628a627a90da894a65ecd93df2c5fdb09b15e&ipo=images

salsifis , vor einem Tag

Nice, but probably too complex… :-)

Here is one. (Not sure it would be readable as a 32x32 icon.)
Source: https://www.makeeuropenotwar.eu/de/portfolio/bleib-cool-und-mach-europa/

anzo Mod , vor 8 Tagen

What about a heart emoji? We love europe ;) and it's not taken by any other community on the fediverse that I know of :p

federalreverse Mod , vor 8 Tagen

You're right but the flag is easy to read even at low resolution. Not sure that a map would make for a good small icon.

Even in all black, it's kind of hard to see at low resolutions (ignore the superimposed flag, this is just what I found on the internet):

Outline of European continent

Servais OP , vor 8 Tagen

Thank you for your comment!

As a comparison, the way !yurop icon looks:
https://dormi.zone/pictrs/image/9c897b32-ee16-4cac-9f88-84e67c4a7fcf.png

I guess the shape of the continent is unique enough to be distinguishable

federalreverse Mod , vor 8 Tagen

This is what that looks like in Photon (e.g. at https://p.feddit.org):
https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/29e3071d-5f59-4d41-9cf6-932dbfcbe0e4.jpeg

And in the bottom bar, next to each other: https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/63743e71-eabd-4bcc-814f-c8d52c070e73.jpeg

(Granted, it's a little unfair, since Photon in particular appears to scale the icons in a dumb way.)

Servais OP , vor 8 Tagen

Seems reasonable on desktop, people are usually not having to look at the icon so much, they just want a way to quickly identify which community it is

https://dormi.zone/pictrs/image/a5b129ce-de28-4580-b636-f24a790472c6.png

Mobile might be another story

Xylight , vor 5 Tagen

What's dumb about the scaling? The resolution? if so, I'll fix that.

federalreverse Mod , vor 5 Tagen

Ooh, thank you! Sorry for the way I worded it. Anyway: To me, it looks weirdly pixelated, as if either:

• It doesn't take into account high-PPI screens and scales the image file for a 96ppi screen and then the browser scales it up to display size or

• It just takes a file with huge image resolution and the browser scales it down quickly on the fly.

You can look at my screenshots.

Xylight , vor 5 Tagen

I'll try and fix that soon.