[GenABEL-dev] layout of GenABEL main page

Sat Apr 20 18:22:03 CEST 2013

Dear All,

I now tend to agree with Maarten. I have discussed the logos with a
couple of people who know more about design, and it seems that
introducing Greek letters, 0/1 etc may be bad idea - the logo must be
simple. So if we want to deliver extra message it should probably go
to "subheading". The subheading "project" does not carry much info, I
think. I personally like the "statistical toolkit", but I think it may
miss the point that the idea of the project is a bit broader than the
software.

So, on the top of Maarten's suggestions, what about:

- methodology project
- open methodology
- methodological toolbox
- methodology
- agile methodology

YA
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Yurii Aulchenko
(sent from mobile device)

On 12 Apr 2013, at 09:18, Maarten Kooyman <kooyman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think a logo must deliver the message in one go. I think it misses is goal if you have to play "where is Waldo?" in a logo: the simpler the better. Adding some greek symbols somewhere increase the "where is Waldo?"-effect.
>
> Maybe it is a idea to replace "project" with "Statistical toolkit" or "statistics project"(or is this plainly rude?)
>
> Maarten
>
> On 04/11/2013 11:46 PM, Nicola Pirastu wrote:
>> I think that the greek letters are a good idea although in GenABEL would look very much the same, maybe in project?
>>
>> N.
>>
>> Inviato da iPhone
>>
>> Il giorno 11/apr/2013, alle ore 23:34, Yurii Aulchenko <yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>
>>> What about replacing some letters with Greek ones - this may give some
>>> math flavor?
>>>
>>> YA
>>>
>>> ----------------------
>>> Yurii Aulchenko
>>> (sent from mobile device)
>>>
>>> On 11 Apr 2013, at 22:14, "L.C. Karssen" <lennart at karssen.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not bad! I really like the way you mixed the G and the DNA.
>>>> Can't we make a combination with Nicola's creation so that we get some
>>>> math in as well? That would nicely integrate two major components of the
>>>> project (only programming would be missing).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lennart
>>>>
>>>> On 11/04/13 21:39, Maarten Kooyman wrote:
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I made also a small sketch of a logo. It is pretty raw, colours are
>>>>> wrong , etcetera, etcetera.
>>>>>
>>>>> To quote Nicola:
>>>>> " If you hate it or think it should go in another direction, I'm not
>>>>> touchy so please do tell me. "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Maarten
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/06/2013 01:36 AM, Nicola Pirastu wrote:
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I gave a shot at the logo, it's very simple. Let me know if you like
>>>>>> the general idea, if you'd like to add something or change it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As colors I've sticked to those of the website but they can be
>>>>>> changed. Also the pattern for the formulas have some white spaces, but
>>>>>> this is just a quick draft.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you hate it or think it should go in another direction, I'm not
>>>>>> touchy so please do tell me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nicola
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>> I really like the proposal, I just to add a few ideas to the discussion.
>>>>>>> I think that there are some important concepts that could be used for
>>>>>>> a logo:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) ABEL which is able in the end could be something like a hammer or a
>>>>>>> tool of some sort.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) I think that the great thing about the *ABEL project is that it is not
>>>>>>> a single group but it is a network of people and we could rappresent that
>>>>>>> also.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) the * in *ABEL could be made by two crossed Chromosomes or something
>>>>>>> else or maybe a DNA strand a tool and something else (Although I do
>>>>>>> realize that it could remind of the comunist party this way :) ).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4) I do like animals, but I it should be meanigful somehow (although
>>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>>> does have a penguin for some obscure reason).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nicola
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Maarten,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have also some irritation about the fact that there is no recognisable
>>>>>>>>> logo on the page. I looks like a complete default page to me: which
>>>>>>>>> gives
>>>>>>>>> me the impression that there is not any on it. Does someone has
>>>>>>>>> graphical
>>>>>>>>> skills to create a nice logo which we can use on the site, posters or
>>>>>>>>> presentations? Having a neat logo, is like wearing a suite: people
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>> first sight you are more trustworthy,intelligent etc ect. ;)
>>>>>>>> Completely agree and fully support the idea! I even tried to design
>>>>>>>> something myself, but it was SO bad :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Part of the problem is that obvious meaningful symbols (like
>>>>>>>> chromosomes,
>>>>>>>> sigmas and Gaussians) are boring and used for long time. Another part is
>>>>>>>> that we can not just pick say a cute kitty and stop - there should
>>>>>>>> be some
>>>>>>>> meaning to the symbol (or not?).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do we have examples of successful, recognizable logos we like?I like
>>>>>>>> FreeBSD, GNU's Gnu, also Firefox and Chrome are very distinguished.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yurii
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