2014-08-03, 18:56
@StigtriX
concept 5 is very nice, how does it look with a small i ?
concept 5 is very nice, how does it look with a small i ?
(2014-08-03, 17:28)da-anda Wrote: @ilomambo now we're getting somewhere thanks for this input. But maybe don't only think what XBMC/KODI offers to you technically, but also why and how you use it and what you "experience" using it. As you could imagine we tried to not be to technical/geeky with the name as well (even though it originated from the remote symbols somehow), or we would have looked for acronyms or alike again.
(2014-08-03, 11:42)uNiversal Wrote: This is something along the lines I saw on another thread, maybe it will help ppl get the general idea.
(2014-08-02, 00:40)NitrousXBMC Wrote: The FAQ says the KODI name came from the ability to spell the name out with media buttons, maybe something like this:
but ultimately they decided to move away from that visual concept. I think that this would be a great opportunity for the community to come up with a logo, much like the mascot development a while back. The announcement logo looks extremely generic, like letters spelled out with some liquid... there is no identity connection with the name, no real connection with the logo.
(2014-08-02, 19:56)jjd-uk Wrote: We were basically stuck for brainstorming for 9 months, there were loads of good suggestions that had support however on closer look there were trademark or domain name problems, and the suggestions that didn't have trademark or domain name problems struggled to get more than 10 people who liked them out of a Team of 70. So this has been far from a easy process for the Team, and if we could have opened it up to the community we more than likely would have, however doing that could have caused so many complications in finding free domain names as anything that might look like becoming popular could be registered by those out to make a quick buck.
The one idea that seemed to gain some traction actually came from me working back from how the name could be visualised, I was playing with using remote buttons to spell out words, I was also trying to keep a link to what the project was, so my thought process went something like CODE -> KODE -> KODA
KODA
However again I missed a trademark registration that could give us problems, so then suggestion was made by another for
KODI
and based on what I had done someone suggested a logo of
However the logo no longer seemed to fit as well as before, plus by this time a number of people weren't so keen on the idea of using remote buttons in the logo or at least using them in a more subtle way.
So it evolved that kodi would just be a name with no meaning and was the runaway winner in our internal vote.
(2014-08-02, 19:56)jjd-uk Wrote: and based on what I had done someone suggested a logo of
However the logo no longer seemed to fit as well as before, plus by this time a number of people weren't so keen on the idea of using remote buttons in the logo or at least using them in a more subtle way.
So it evolved that kodi would just be a name with no meaning and was the runaway winner in our internal vote.