Re: Conlang Flag: Results Are In!

H. S. Teoh wrote:

> Hmm. I am one of the few who voted against it.
It was my ninth choice (which indicates that it was neither one of the
best nor one of the worst, IMO) mostly because I wasn't keen on the
Tower of Babel symbol. Seems kind of strange to allude to a legend in
which language diversity is portrayed as an obstacle imposed to limit
what humanity can achieve, when most of us view language diversity as
an opportunity rather than a hindrance.

But I don't have any problem accepting the majority view, even if it
isn't my own.

The first of the votes I listed was my own, that is to say
"E>G>N>B>A>L>M>T>W>K>J>V>U>I>H>F>S>C>D>R>X>P>O>Q" (E was my first
choice, Q was my last choice).

Arthaey Angosii wrote:

> The miniscule version of the flag looks surprisingly clear, even when
> the resizing is done by the browser.
Huh? The miniscule version is not resized by the browser - it is a
seperately drawn image. This is explicitely stated on the site.
Perhaps you skimmed it too fast?

David Peterson wrote:

> Before commenting on the posts, I'd like to thank Adrian for all
> his hard work.   You run a tight ship, and none of this would have
> gotten off the ground without the work you put in.
I don't know anything about tight ships, but I *do* believe in trying
my best to do a job properly, once I've undertaken to do it at all. :-)

At the beginning, it seemed that only a handful of people would be
interested in the flag discussion, but against my own expectations
(and I suspect everyone else's as well), an overwhelming interest soon
mounted, and before I knew it people were relying heavily upon the
pages I had set up. I adapted to this situation as best I could...

> it would be neat if we could have a whole bunch of web flags of varying
> sizes.
Hopefully the present discussion can help decide what those sizes
should be, and how many of them.

I personally favour the width of the flag being a multiple of sixty
pixels, simply because I'm the sort of person who likes things to be
mathematically neat. I certainly won't be imposing my preferences on
anyone, however.

The ratio is the integer approximation of the Golden Ratio.

Once a range of sizes have been created, everyone who includes the
design on their website will, implicitely, be hosting their own
favoured size variation(s) of the flag. I have every intention of
doing this myself, with my own favoured sizes.

I will not, however, permanently host the entire catalogue.

> For myself, I was thinking of having two miniature flags made (via
> that website I posted awhile back).   They'd be on little stands and I'd
> put one in my office and keep one at home.   In addition to that, though,
> I *really* like your refrigerator magnet idea, Adrian.   I wonder if there's
> a site that'll do that for you...
There's a million ideas ... I mean, coffee mugs, with the flag on one
side and a Babel translation on the other, and make a whole series of
mugs featuring different conlangs ... there's no limit to the
possibilities.

Adrian.