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[Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon? (dormi.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by Servais@dormi.zone to c/europe@feddit.org
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Hello everyone,

This community is only a few hours old, and already there is a meta post ha ha.

I was just thinking that the EU flag doesn't include non-EU countries such as Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Ukraine, Iceland, Albania, Georgia, etc.

Maybe a more "map-based" logo like this one could be considered too?

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

[–] salsifis@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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/

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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@dormi.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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@dormi.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for your comment!

As a comparison, the way !yurop@lemm.ee icon looks:

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

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This is what that looks like in Photon (e.g. at https://p.feddit.org):

And in the bottom bar, next to each other:

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

[–] Servais@dormi.zone 1 points 2 years ago

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

Mobile might be another story

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

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.