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89 for me, definitely. Echoes the look of your app (assuming that is actually what it looks like in 91) and isn't too busy.

I find the most of the others a little distracting, random colours swirling all over the place.

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Thanks -- I'll hold off on saying which one I like for now.

As far as the layout, I haven't spent much time on it yet (intentionally) and it'll likely look a lot different when it launches. The timeline, however, will mostly be the same.

I agree, 89 is my favorite as well.

89 is probably my second choice, after 28. I'm pretty sure the designer of 89 saw my high score on 28 and just modified it a bit because he knew I'd like it. Not a bad strategy.

What do you think of the bars on the left (89) vs on the right (28)?

They are very similar aren't they? But I like 89 much more, looks much neater tucked in on the left in my opinion.

I think just by convention, more sites have the logo on the left. Also, if you think of the three bars as physical objects, it sort of feels like the bars will topple over in 28. It kind of reminds me of the stack overflow logo a bit. Although, I guess you should consider the entries independently, I also like the designer of 89's work a little better.

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