On Saturday 29 March 2008 04:20:21 am AK wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote:
> > Logo & graphical profile > > > > Any company needs a logo and preferably a graphical profile to make > > themselves known to their customers. > > > > Think of the big companies, think of IBM: stripy and blue, McDonalds: > > M and yellow. They are graphical profiles that helps give them an > > image that sticks in customers minds. Not only do they help the > > business stand out, but it also creates a reputation. IBM's logo gives > > a very traditional feel, serene and solid. It represents something you > > can rely on in the marketplace. While the McDonalds logo is dynamic > > and fun, inviting you to a feel-good experience. > > > > A graphical profile spans logo, colours, business cards, stationeries, > > and a range of supplies for commercial purposes. > > People will > remember the Platypus, though, but we already have that. I've used LyX from the beginning - and love it! But in all the time that the logo has been there it never occurred to me that it was a platypus, despite being familiar with the O'Reilly like platypus associated with the original example document. While I would much prefer that the developers worry about improving and debugging an already superb product rather than fuss over the logo, if you must tinker with the logo, please make it resemble a platypus! Probably just changing the beak shape, and toning down those awful cartoon colours would be enough. John O'Gorman > So, to sum up, > we should have a color scheme that will be shared between site template > and splash screen, and probably use a standard font face like Verdana or > something similar for now, and have the Platypus as the main > recognizable identifier of all things LyX. -andrei
