Did they ask you to change the logo or you doing this off your own bat? Working with a bad logo on a site is a nightmare but sometimes there is just nothing you can do... you just have to go with it.
By all means, try and persuade them to change the logo but don't waste time designing a logo if they haven't commissioned it. You're not just changing a logo for their site... you're getting involved in a complete rebrand... business cards, stationery, brochures, everything.
I do sometimes try and get a client to "modernise" their logo and if they agree, I bring in one of the graphic design guys I work with and they deal with the client on all aspects. It stays out of my hands but I give them some direction of how I'd like to see it working on the web and they send me final designs once approved by client.
Failing that... you work with what you've got... which can be really painful!
Rgds,
Dave
p.s. I do prefer your version of the logo btw |