[ux] Orbot design

[Sara Sinclair Brody]

Yes! The Orbot onion is reminiscent of Material Design [1], the visual
design "language" – or guidelines – for the latest versions of Android (as
well as Google web products).

I don't know who designed the logo (does anyone on the list know a good way
to find out?), but I think they did a good job. I haven't seen any data on
the subject, but I suspect that the logo alone may make potential users who
are familiar with Android feel like Orbot is more trustworthy than VPNs
whose icons stray far from the Android visual design language. The logo
makes it feel more connected to the platform, more professional, and – as
you say – like people put some serious thought into designing it.

Redesigning the main Tor Project logo didn't really bubble up in the list
of priorities for the first phase of the UX Style Guide, but it's
definitely something the community could explore for future versions.

:)
Scout

[1] https://www.google.com/design/spec/style/icons.html#icons-product-icons


On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM, David Fifield <david at bamsoftware.com>
wrote:

> With the talk about design guidelines I wanted to call attention to what
> things look like in Orbot, the Tor distribution for Android. Whereas Tor
> Browser has the hand-drawn-looking onion icon, Orbot uses a more
> circular, abstract onion graphic in the same colors. It seems like they
> must have put some thought into the design.
>
> https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot
> https://guardianproject.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/featuregraphic.png
>
> https://guardianproject.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/device-2016-01-04-021058-169x300.png
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