Re: LyX Logo

2018-10-08 Thread Daniel
On 08/10/2018 16:39, Baris Erkus wrote: Hello, Attached is a logo of a driving school in Istanbul. Just surprised to see its familiarity with the LyX logo. :-D BTW, does anybody know who the inventor of the LyX logo is? Baris In the credits it says *Bernhard Psaier* Designer of the LyX

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:54:20PM +0200, Manveru wrote: > 2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Manveru wrote: > > > > > > > FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about > > LyXiE/LyXie? > > > > Fee

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Manveru
2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Manveru wrote: > > > > > FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) > > > > > > Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about > LyXiE/LyXie? > Feel LyX => FeeLyX... -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 htt

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:10:14PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > >> Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about >> LyXiE/LyXie? > > Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. 'Pick' is nice indeed. SCNR Andre'

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. :-) Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Service

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it. Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it.

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Manveru
FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) 2008/4/9, Luis Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > > If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say "LyX" is just fine; > alternative: FeLyX (although a cat would be better then :) > > [...] > > Luis. > > >

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-08 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 8. April 2008 23:02 schrieb Luis Rivera: > curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't see that "LyXia" engenders "oral" thoughts, though I'd be more > > strongly inclined to give the > > > program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer > > from

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-08 Thread Luis Rivera
curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't see that "LyXia" engenders "oral" thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the > program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia? > If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say "Ly

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-03 Thread Jim
It is gorgeous. I like it. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Andre Poenitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:29:18AM +0200, G. Milde wrote: > > On 31.03.08, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:42:18PM +0200, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On Mon, 31 Mar

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:29:18AM +0200, G. Milde wrote: > On 31.03.08, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:42:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, G. Milde wrote: > > > > > >>> About the logo > ... > > >> * funny > ... > > >>> * home made > > > > > > Th

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-01 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Rather that there are bosses believing that if you have fun at work you > are not seriously working. I.e. once they see the platypus on your > desktop you cannot convince them that using LyX will increase > productivity as well as quality but fear for the reputation of their > company/university/

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-01 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, G. Milde wrote: Rather that there are bosses believing that if you have fun at work you are not seriously working. I.e. once they see the platypus on your desktop However, if you're actually using LyX to prepare documents there

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, G. Milde wrote: Rather that there are bosses believing that if you have fun at work you are not seriously working. I.e. once they see the platypus on your desktop However, if you're actually using LyX to prepare documents there is no platypus visible. It's not on the spla

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-01 Thread G. Milde
On 31.03.08, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > We try hard to make a good application. We do not want to be > - ISO 9002 compliant > - 99.% reliant > - 24/24, 7/7 > - Vista Experience Qualified Professional (or whatever) > - [insert your own here] This should go to the

Re: LyX logo

2008-04-01 Thread G. Milde
On 31.03.08, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:42:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, G. Milde wrote: > > > >>> About the logo ... > >> * funny ... > >>> * home made > > > > The problem I see with these associations is getting an acceptance at for > > wor

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Andre Poenitz wrote: Here's a thought that would simultaneously emphasize that this is a word processing application, an alternative to MS Word, Well, honestly, it isn't. I'm sorry, but I feel compelled to offer Andre' et al. an unsolicited supporting opinion on this s

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:02:41AM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The problem I see with these associations is getting an acceptance at for >> work these applications. If the boss thinks it's not serious, he might >> object to the application being used for company do

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:42:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, G. Milde wrote: > >>> About the logo, her reaction to the current logo were along the following >>> lines (I have to translate): >> >>> * toys, playground, childish >> >> For me, this are co-notations of >> >

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem I see with these associations is getting an acceptance at for work these applications. If the boss thinks it's not serious, he might object to the application being used for company documents... Maybe we need a separate logotype for bosses... :-) Here'

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The problem I see with these associations is getting an acceptance at > for work these applications. If the boss thinks it's not serious, he > might object to the application being used for company documents... We do not want to look funny on purpose, but the logo shou

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, G. Milde wrote: About the logo, her reaction to the current logo were along the following lines (I have to translate): * toys, playground, childish For me, this are co-notations of * funny * home made The problem I see with these associations is getting an acce

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-31 Thread G. Milde
On 25.03.08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > About the logo, her reaction to the current logo were along the following > lines (I have to translate): > * toys, playground, childish For me, this are co-notations of * funny which in my view conveys a basic aspect of LyX + It is fun to use:

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: > >> I agree, I like all of them! > > > > What about a real platypus? > > > > See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Further to my praise of playtpus-splash2.png, it also represents light sh

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. In my opinion we should stick to one logotype, not a platypus combined with a mascot. Even with an additional photo people won't understand the connection anyway. The mascot

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: > >> I agree, I like all of them! > > > > What about a real platypus? > > > > See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Call me old-fashioned but I just love the gold ambiance of platypus-splas

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 27 mars 08 à 00:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding!

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Maria Gouskova wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T,

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread curtis osterhoudt
ftmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:49:22 AM Subject: Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >>> > We should call our mascot "

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Maria Gouskova
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont know what the name of the mascot > critter is, but its species was > identified by Donn Ingle > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ > It is an ERT-eater > > best, Michael T, > ERT- and

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and ERROR-maker

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-27 Thread José Matos
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:06:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ah, and I guess it's no coincidence that there's a platypus in the users' > guide?  Is there a story behind this particular animal, e.g. something > like that it's a "hybrid animal", like LyX? I am not sure, the platypus figure made

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 27 March 2008 01:49:50 Rich Shepard wrote: >    Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS > application has such a name. Perhaps we could mate Lydia and Tux, sell the > off-spring to zoos (once they hatch, of course) and fund development that > way. Oh, it woul

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word "version". Would be nice to have. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable w

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Marc J. Driftmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that

Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that was first proposed in bug

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >> We need more female users, ... > > So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female > users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable ways to attract fem

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > current banner because it includes the version number. > > Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm > wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) > > > We should call our

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS application has such a name. Perhaps we could mat

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: What I meant was the word "version" in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the splash screen, other projects creates a new one for every release, e.g. Inkscape. The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word "version". Joost

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) Yes there is. We used the splash screen image also for banners on lyx.org in the past, so I mixed both words. We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm n

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: Of course the version number will be included. LyX prints the version number on the splash screen image, so the image doesn't need to be changed for every revision. What I meant was the word "version" in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It's neat how the platypus ... > >Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a > thunderchicken for all I knew. I **never** noticed that

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
>> current banner because it includes the version number. > > Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering > if the wiki page shold be renamed) yes splash screen is the name for a picture shown while application starts. i looked on the pictures and the are cold and

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the rea

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus is sort of sitting on the blue bar on #4. Number #1 is neat since the stack of papers to me is related to LyX being a document processor. And #3 is clean and elegant. And #2 is growing on me, so I'll refrain from voting, they're all good. Th

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Personally, I like the new logos but prefer for the splash screen the current banner because it includes the version number. Of course the version number will be included. LyX prints the version number on the splash screen image, so the image doesn't need to be changed for ev

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I agree, I like all of them! Personally, I like the new logos but prefer for the splash screen the current banner because it includes the version number. We should call our mascot "Lydia". regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
Joost Verburg wrote: rgheck wrote: For what it's worth, I really like the most recent one. I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost They're all really nice; great work! Rex

New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding! Very well thought out and crafted. Any of them wil

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 15:54, Joost Verburg wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > (...) I think that if you did some more tweaking on > > that splash screen it'd get quite good. I hope you'll do so! > > What about this one? Personally, I like it. SteveT

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding! Very well thought out and crafted. Any of them will do everyone proud. Rich -- Richard B. She

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
rgheck wrote: For what it's worth, I really like the most recent one. I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread rgheck
Joost Verburg wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The copyright notice is less obvious now, I think that's good. OK. The version number is gone now, do we need it? (A drawback with having it there is that we'd have to remember to change it in every release). Without the version text, there's no

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The copyright notice is less obvious now, I think that's good. OK. The version number is gone now, do we need it? (A drawback with having it there is that we'd have to remember to change it in every release). Without the version text, there's no clash with the simila

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (...) I think that if you did some more tweaking on that splash screen it'd get quite good. I hope you'll do so! What about this one? The copyright notice is less obvious now, I think that's good. The version number is go

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread sunfire
Hi there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. My girlfriend had a suggestion, could we get some design student to do a project related to this? Sounds like a great idea. Any ideas on how we find such a person? Maybe a

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, José Matos wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2008 00:48:50 M-L wrote: I agree. The bird is good, instantly recognisable and synonymous with LyX. It is the LyX brand in that it is unique. That is not a bird. That is a platypus and is a mammal although it lays eggs. http://en.wik

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (...) I think that if you did some more tweaking on that splash screen it'd get quite good. I hope you'll do so! What about this one? Joost <>

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread José Matos
On Tuesday 25 March 2008 00:48:50 M-L wrote: > I agree. The bird is good, instantly recognisable and synonymous with LyX. > It is the LyX brand in that it is unique. That is not a bird. That is a platypus and is a mammal although it lays eggs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus So please don't

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-) > > This is the key point indeed. Oops! After further thinking, I have to retract that. It only comes down to the kind of program we want (and believe i

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-) This is the key point indeed. JMarc

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> About the logo, her reaction to the current logo were along the following >> lines (I have to translate): >> * toys, playground, childish >> * unstructured >> * many different elements and colours => unclear >> * home made > > Especially mathematicians

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-26 Thread Maksi
On 2008-03-25 23:28:34 +0100, Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Anyway, writing down her comments I've certainly learnt a lot. Most importantly that there can actually be some thinking involved in creating stuff like this! Yes. Personally I think a nice website and logo are quite impor

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. My girlfriend had a suggestion, could we get some design student to do a project related to this? Sounds like a great idea. Any ideas on how we find such a person? She gives the old splash screen a grade of 1 (

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Pavel Sanda
>>> might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish >>> appearance. >> >> after all i'm just a child playing with toys. > > Just like the rest of us:-) > > Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-) me? :)) p

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish appearance. after all i'm just a child playing with toys. Just like the rest of us:-) Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-) /C -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-7

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:03:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: > >>> I'd like to have "the bird" in one way or the other. Smoothing edges, >>> adding something in the background or similar I can live with... >> >> A good logo should be recognized im

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Pavel Sanda
> might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish > appearance. after all i'm just a child playing with toys. pavel

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. My girlfriend had a suggestion, could we get some design student to do a project related to this? Sounds like a great idea. She gives the old splash screen a grade of 1 (out of 5), and yours get a grade of 3. So it's certainly an improvement! I agree with t

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the "LyX brand" and it may be more a mascot than a logo, but in my opinion we should not change the logo unless we get one t

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I'd like to have "the bird" in one way or the other. Smoothing edges, adding something in the background or similar I can live with... A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here that is somewhat unique. I don't know

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
fancy elements and colors, so that's why I made something with the bird and a more simple logotype. Then the bird is immediately recognized as the LyX logo and things don't become overly fancy and complex. I don't think every design element needs to be completely unique. If the

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If the bird is combined with the word LyX I would prefer the > typeface to be more simple instead of the rotated/colorful letters > of the banner. Just as an example, I attached a splash screen design > with the logo that I think looks more professional.

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Maksi
On 2008-03-25 01:22:25 +0100, Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Andre Poenitz wrote: I'd like to have "the bird" in one way or the other. Smoothing edges, adding something in the background or similar I can live with... A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the onl

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Pavel Sanda
> > A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here > > that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the "LyX brand" and > > it may be more a mascot than a logo, but in my opinion we should not change > > the logo unless we get one that is really profession

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 01:22:25AM +0100, Joost Verburg wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: >> I'd like to have "the bird" in one way or the other. >> Smoothing edges, adding something in the background >> or similar I can live with... > > A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the onl

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread M-L
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg shared this with us all: >--} A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one >--} here that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the "LyX >--} brand" and it may be more a mascot than a logo, but in my opinion we >--} should no

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Joost Verburg
Andre Poenitz wrote: I'd like to have "the bird" in one way or the other. Smoothing edges, adding something in the background or similar I can live with... A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the "L

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 03:12:32PM -0400, Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: > Since we are discussing design issues, and we have a graphic designer > on board (Andrei), it seems a logical time to bring up the topic of > logo design that was discussed a bit earlier this month. I am > attaching some of the gr

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
>>> nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification >>> to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think? >> >> there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not >> better then our monster. pavel > > I didn't understand what you wrote to

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: I think we could do a more impressive design with something fractal or a graph of some impressive-looking function.. if that makes any sense. The first design here could be good as an app icon.. -andrei there are currently two main logos - monster and th

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think? there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not better then our monster. pavel I didn't und

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
> I think we could do a more impressive design with something fractal or a > graph of some impressive-looking function.. if that makes any sense. The > first design here could be good as an app icon.. -andrei there are currently two main logos - monster and the banner you see when launch lyx. i d

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
> nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification > to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think? there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not better then our monster. pavel

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread AK
Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: Since we are discussing design issues, and we have a graphic designer on board (Andrei), it seems a logical time to bring up the topic of logo design that was discussed a bit earlier this month. I am attaching some of the graphic designs that were proposed last time. Andr

Re: LyX logo

2008-03-24 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
Since we are discussing design issues, and we have a graphic designer on board (Andrei), it seems a logical time to bring up the topic of logo design that was discussed a bit earlier this month. I am attaching some of the graphic designs that were proposed last time. Andrei is a creative guy and co