[GenABEL-dev] layout of GenABEL main page

Yurii Aulchenko yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com
Thu May 2 21:42:52 CEST 2013 

Good idea - we should have this in our 'pile of desires' for the designer.

To keep things in the same thread: one more suggestion from one of
the friends is "probably [you] might want to change the blue color to
something lighter, in order to make the G stand out a little bit more
clearly"

YA

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Maarten Kooyman <kooyman at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I'm honoured that you continue with my draft! Statistical Genomics  is a
> nice 2 word summary what Genabel is.
>
> Maybe it is a idea to reserve some space in the logo to add the name of a
> sub-project. It is nice to add your own sub-project under one flag (logo),
> but can be a cause of making the thing ugly (like painting a name on a
> national flag).
>
>
> Maarten
>
> On 04/29/2013 10:15 PM, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
>
> Agree.
>
>  We have discussed this a bit during EMGM-2013 with Lennart and Nicola,
> and our suggestion (N, L, please correct me if I am wrong) is to
>
>  1) Pick up Maarten's variant
>
>  2) Replace "project" with "Statistical Genomics" as suggested below
>
>  3) Send this to a professional designer to make it 'nice' (I am willing
> to pay it unless it is too expensive)
>
>  And of cause the logo can evolve later on if we get better ideas :)
>
>  Please let us know what you think.
>
>  YA
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:09 PM, L.C. Karssen <lennart at karssen.org>wrote:
>
>> Short is better in marketing, so in that sense I agree with Maarten and
>> Yurii. But it should cover what we do in/with the project.
>> What about:
>>
>> GenABEL
>> Statistical Genetics
>>
>>
>> Methodology is too "open", our project is focused on statistical
>> genetics (in all its aspects, from methodology development to
>> implementation and user support, but the core is about analysing genetic
>> data).
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lennart.
>>
>> On 20/04/13 18:22, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
>> > 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
>> > ----------------------
>> > 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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