If ther is a vote, my vote is for the Ubiquitibot.

The organic earth may be difficult to identify at lower resolutions and the conflict/strangling aspect may be difficult to overcome.

Great ideas all around though :)

I really dig the model universe, 1st idea. I dig seeing the globe that ties the family of icons together clearly.

Definitely the organic globe concept. Ubiquitibot reminds me to much of a character from wall-e.

I’m a fan of the organic globe first and then would have to say the Ubiquibot would be my second choice. Both look simple and fun. Although, I would have to agree that you might need to be careful about the organic material to prevent it from the “strangle” look. The drawings look cool!

Ubiquibot

I would say that the Organic Globe. Gives the feeling that Ubiquity is spreading across the planet and connecting everything together. I do dig the Ubiquibot as well. I agree it should have a place somewhere. Great job on the sketches.

In German, “Ubiquität” also means animals or goods wich can be found everywhere. For example: water, air, certain insects and, funny coincidence: the Red Fox is also a “Ubiquist”. :-)

My favorite is the solar system with the drawn orbits. Very attractive and conveys the message. Lokking at it i see interconnectedness, dependacy, belonging.

IDEA: Something like the unicef logo with hands instead of leafs. Its probably tried and tired but could work. See http://ff.im/AeJ.

Again Sorry for the late entry.

Ubiquibot is the most original one, so I like that one the best.

so hard to decide! i think i’ll go for ubiquibot, (friendly much like firefox) and the organic globe second.

Very cool ideas, is it too late to make a submission? Amongst these I’m a big fan of model universe.

I’ve been working with Sofa on a build-a-globe for the new minefield icon. We are thinking about having the app icon evolve over time as the release becomes more complete, with initial versions showing a glowing core.

I’ll re-iterate the thoughts I shared on Sebaastian’s blog, which is to say that I don’t feel like Ubiquity should be linked to a thing, or have a character identity like the Ubiquibot. While I agree that he’s cute and charming and makes people feel love, I think Ubiquity itself is a concept best described in your intial introduction video. It’s about seamlessly connecting information and services to turn the web browser and the web into a magic “make it happen” machine. I get the idea of having an identity that looks like a “servant”, but I think the identity you want to really convey is “magic”.

It grows, learns, connects and makes things happen. It obeys your commands. It makes you and your browser into an omnipotent magician who can mould the web in his or her own vision.

So, I guess I’m saying I like the organic globe thing, with a sparkle.

I like the Ubiquibot best I think along with future options it provides as a mascot or for related projects.

#2 would be Organic version A (the world tree looked like a mushroom cloud during the ‘blink moment’ for me)

I like these, but they seem geeky to me. Firefox logo is cool and easily graspable by masses, I think you need to shoot for something like that.

Alex

For me it has to be the Ubiquibot.

There’s so miuch milage in terms of brand and iconography – the various parts of the logo can be used individually the character, the globe, the plug/socket.

Great work, Sebastian.

My votes, most preferred first, least preferred last:

1. Organic globe
2. Model universe
3. Ubiquibot

I like the Ubiquibot the best. Like a few people have said, it has a lot of flexibility to grow and be modified.

Ubiquibot and Model Universe V2 are my favorites. Ubiquibot, of course because he’s so cute! But the metaphor with model Universe is also really strong; it shows that there’s another conceptual entity “wrapping” around the fusion of Earth & ideas.

I vote for Ubiquibot (just the bot) as the new Ubiquity logo. However, I think that the earth with the socket should be the Ubiquity Herd logo. This represents Ubiquity “plugging into” Herd to get more commands.

It seems like most of these icons have a metaphor for enhancing the web. I was just wondering has the plan to eventually break ubiquity from the browser gone away?

I don’t mind some of them, but how about something similar to the current Firefox logo and Thunderbird, but instead of the fox wrapped around the bottom edge, why not put a pair of cupped hands, holding the globe?

Just a thought….and it would fit in with the existing icons :)

Ubiquibot seems a bit too phallic. Maybe it’s just me. :(

I like the solar system on a globe stand, though.

I prefer the bot…it’s a good metaphor for ubiquity.

The first Organic Globe is nice, but the other reminds me of the end of the world as we know it.

Looks like a gigantic nuclear mushroom cloud.

I like the right “Model Universe” :-)

Organic Globe FTW!!!!!!11111 (And maybe the leaves at the bottom should form a U for Ubiquity?)

I prefer the simple organic globe (no nuclear tree !)

I love the ubiquibot. So cute.

As Nathan pointed out, language is fundamental to Ubiquity and arguably its most salient distinguishing feature…and it’s not represented in any of these candidates.

I agree with others that the “organic” characteristics of Ubiquity are awesome, and critical to its success…but my sense (and hope) is that, over the long haul, this aspect will become less unique to Ubiquity as more and more projects are conceived and structured to be open and generative in the way that Ubiquity is. As that happens, I think the language aspect of Ubiquity will continue to set it apart.

It might also be worth discussing explicitly who we most want this logo to speak to (no pun intended). My sense is that the organic aspect is something that resonates more with the developer/contributor/early-adopter audience, and not so much with the everyday users (of whom there will eventually be a lot more if Ubiquity truly becomes ubiquitous). Everyday users will definitely benefit in a big way from Ubiquity’s organic nature, by virtue of all of the variety/choice/power it creates…but I don’t think they’re likely to realize or appreciate how organic Ubiquity is, and I don’t think they need to realize/appreciate this to get a lot out of it.

Anyway, I’m not against having the organic side represented in the logo, of course…just think that it would be a real shame not to bring out the language aspect in some way.

One more thought: the way I see it, one of the most powerful things about Ubiquity is that it breaks down the restrictions of “place” that have historically been so central to the way we interact with content and services on the Web. With Ubiquity, if we need a piece of information or want to manipulate some content in front of us, we don’t have to *go* anywhere…we just say (type) what we want, and summon the Internetty goodness from wherever it is. The image that comes to mind is of reaching out into the ether (or perhaps I should say the cloud), plucking just the threads that I want/need, pulling them toward me, and seeing them coalesce into just the experience that I need, right before my eyes. (That’s easy to represent in a logo, right?)

I love the globe pieces flying together. Ubiquity brings the pieces of your online world together.

ubiquibot is great!

A ’shining’ green globe could be used( imagine a sunflower), as a replacement of the strangling vines

Here are two concepts, the triple twist (a play on some of Sebastiaan’s very cool previous work) and Planet Mozilla Exoskeleton:

http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/labs/ubiquityLogoIdeas.png

I posted my thoughts on why none of the logos fit here: http://abcdefu.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/defining-ubiquity/

I don’t like them. They all are just abstractions. Tell me what is the relationship between keyboard navigation and:
- a globe
- a cube
- a puzzle
…what are the associations that these concepts want to achieve? I suggest to use some kind of keyboard button (black) with some white symbol (maybe that original painted circle which reminds me of Zen)

Ubiquibot is great!

I vote for the Ubiquibot =)

Vote 1 for Ubiquibot

…and so having a US-centric plug on a logo that’s supposed to be about the world seems really bad.

The hand stuff: isn’t there a long-standing thing in UI design that you don’t include body parts, because some cultures find them offensive?

Ubiquibot is the most unique one to me. I’d work with that concept.

I like Alex Faaborg’s Exoskeleton concept – think that really shows Ubiquity building on top of the web and adding to it.

I really like Ubiquibot to. The sketch of the new logo looks so cool.

I’m a fan of the organic globe first and then would have to say the Ubiquibot would be my second choice. Both look simple and fun. Although, I would have to agree that you might need to be careful about the organic material to prevent it from the “strangle” look. The drawings look cool!