RE: [GD-Windows] Getting Windows logo for Web page

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

I found a "product graphics" section at
http://www.microsoft.com/partner/businessresources/salesresources/
However, it contains shots of the Windows retail box, rather than 
the Windows logo. Most companies are rather protective about their 
logo and how you use it, so it might not be OK to just swipe one 
and use it.

I'm assuming you already read
http://www.microsoft.com/trademarks/
It seems from that that you really can't use their Windows logo 
without going through certification. I believe that may be their 
intent. Now, whether they're gonna send copyright nazis to your 
house in the middle of the night or not, I have no idea.


As for curbing the "buy the wrong thing" problem:

You could have your web page look at the user agent, which most 
of the time has the operating system in it. So sub-string for the 
OS installed, and warn the user if the UA doesn't seem to match 
the package they're buying.

You could also put a cookie in the window that allows them to 
download the other platform within the next 7 days or something, 
assuming you have a studly database back-end that can properly 
validate/expire these kinds of one-time-use tickets.


Cheers,

				/ h+

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam...@li...
> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Brian Hook
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:44 PM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] Getting Windows logo for Web page
> 
> 
> > I don't think there's anything stopping you placing a Windows 
> > logo on a page, providing you have the standard "Microsoft 
> > Windows and blah blah, are trademarks of" and so on at the 
> > bottom somewhere. An awful lot of companies have this type of 
> > thing on their download pages.
> 
> Right, but where do I get the regular Windows logo in a form that's
> resizable, etc. for placement on a Web page?  I had hoped Microsoft
> would have this in some "marketing package" or something like that in
> EPS form, etc.
>  
> > Having the "Designed For Microsoft Windows" logo though is a 
> > different matter which requires you to meet all kind of 
> > certification requirements, I guess this is what you saw on ms.com
> 
> Right.  The above is overkill, we just need the logo so that someone
> doesn't click the wrong "Buy Now!" button.  That's a big concern for us,
> because basically they're going to see:
> 
> Click here to purchase Candy Cruncher for Windows
> Click here to purchase Candy Cruncher for OS X
> 
> And I just KNOW we're going to get people clicking on the wrong ones, so
> hopefully pretty pictures will avoid some of the confusion.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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