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Dat logo looks similar to Node.js
I'm not sure if this was intentional, but the Dat logo looks very similar to the Node.js logo.
Can you tell which one is which?
- Node: https://nodejs.org/static/favicon.png
- Dat: https://datproject.org/img/favicon.ico
What year did Dat come out? I always remember Node's logo being a green hexagon back to the 0.6.x days (around 2012).
Update...looks like 2011: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/uncategorized/evolving-the-node-js-brand/
https://github.com/bcomnes/node-handbook/blob/gh-pages/doc/trademark-policy.pdf
There indeed was a green hex in the logo, but it wasn't used without the rest of the letters. The hex around the js (including the ™) was the only portion of the logo that was used as a standalone hex.
Dat started around 2012 iirc? The shaded green standalone node hex wasn't in use until recently, around the time of the logo redesign a year or two ago.
I noticed this again on @juliangruber 's profile.
This time, the Dat Project has text in the logo so it looks a little different than the Node.js logo.
I think part of what adds to the confusion is that there are a lot of Dat tools developed with Node.js, for example dat-desktop which is what @juliangruber seems to be working on (care to comment?)
There are two logos, the one with text should generally be used when its a larger display otherwise without text when it's not readable. More on the design page: https://datproject.github.io/design/.
We can explore adding some word/mark to the smaller green one. But likely won't happen for a bit until we have a bit more bandwidth. Thanks for bringing it up.
