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| What do you think the AutoHotkey logo should change to (see below)? |
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Titan
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Heh, thanks  |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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I'm not happy with it. The psychological effect of the arrow is to point to whatever target (traffic sign effect). Therefore I can't see the benefit if it's not clear to which one  This way the focus of the viewer will be se(n)t to nowhere  or even away from the keyboard (which is the metaphor what AHK is about, hotkey-scripting-automation).
Thats beside the fact that this keyboard is looking like sligthly heated (melting chocolate effect).
Its assignment to "keyboard related blabla" will get lost and replaced with "how to melt your keyboard using an automated hot key and by the way there's something on the right of it - follow the arrow" 
I still stick with that old "brand" 
Successfull business/advertisement is all about KISS (keep it stupid simple - keep it simple, stupid)
De gustibus non est disputandum
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BoBo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: |
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BTW: where's the script ? Are we here in the General Chat Section ???
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Serenity
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:08 am Post subject: |
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The blue ones better, though it still feels a bit too much for a logo. I much prefer the original - simple logos work best.
This H is up there with the apple and the butterfly, ataris weird fuji thingy and of course tux. |
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Chris
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I like it, though I too have a little doubt about the arrow. I prefer pragmatic logos whose meaning is easy-to-see and relevant to the product. Certainly the keyboard fulfils this very well (and is also nicely drawn and shaded).
It's hard to come up with a logo that expresses automation and scripting. Given the alternatives, the arrow might be close to the best way to do it.
Perhaps we can set up a poll to see which logo people prefer. |
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Rajat
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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hey Titan, can u also do a nice ahk wallpaper?... i'd love to see one here!
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Titan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Arrows pointing in the right or upwards direction is usually an indication of advancing/excelling which I could associate with automation like Chris said.
Still, I could try a rectangle? |
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deguix
Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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If the arrow is so important, why don't change it to a rectangle as the actual one. Putting a caret after the AutoHotkey word also would be good. Then, you could use a blur gradient with "AutoHotkey" word from not blurry to slightly blurry, from the left to the right, like if, when you use a hotkey, it would be typing it fast (feature of speed). You also could make it to somehow to show the replacement of "AHK" with "AutoHotkey", which would make the logo show actually 4 things:
- AutoHotkey as the program title, AHK as its abbreviation (hotstrings feature).
- Rectangle means a program which receives text, caret means where you're writing to. So means, AHK works on a lot of programs which receive text.
- The blur meaning the speed in which it happens.
- The "AutoHotkey" could be appearing from 2 features:
- Hotkey feature. The keyboard on the back shows part of the support.
- Hotstring feature. The "AHK" disappearing to form "AutoHotkey" shows its activation. The keyboard on the back shows the total support of the feature (hotstrings only work w/ keyboard).
The main features it shows are: Hotkeys, hotstrings, speed.
I'm not a professional w/ this... so maybe you'll dislike it... 
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Titan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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I removed the arrow.
How does it look now?
Regarding the text, do you mean a fading gradient from Silver/White > Black with a fading transparency 100% > 50%? Something like that? |
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Rajat
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Rajat wrote: | | hey Titan, can u also do a nice ahk wallpaper?... i'd love to see one here! |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | met·a·phor
Pronunciation: 'me-t&-"for also -f&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear -- more at BEAR
1 : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language -- compare SIMILE
2 : an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : symbol 2
- met·a·phor·ic /"me-t&-'for-ik, -'fär-/ or met·a·phor·i·cal /-i-k&l/ adjective
- met·a·phor·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb |
| Quote: | 1sym·bol
Pronunciation: 'sim-b&l
Function: noun
Etymology: in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw -- more at DEVIL
1 : an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : CREED
2 : something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially : a visible sign of something invisible <the lion is a symbol of courage>
3 : an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities
4 : an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed <phallic symbols>
5 : an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response |
If you try to "transport" to much meanings, you'll fail. |
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Titan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Rajat wrote: | | hey Titan, can u also do a nice ahk wallpaper?... i'd love to see one here! |
Lol I'm not good with imagination, copying your logo allowed me to make it in the fisrt place 
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jonny
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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*staring in utter horror*
What... did... you.... do to it?  |
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Titan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| jonny wrote: | *staring in utter horror*
What... did... you.... do to it? |
Read above, most people don't like an arrow lol. |
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jonny
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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I'm fine with that. But please, burn that monstrosity and make a real rectangle! (Why not just the arrow without the head?)
@BoBo et al.: Enough with the "metaphor" shit, I mean, come on. It's a friggin' picture. I don't see anyone delving into the existing logo for symbolism. That's because it's a keyboard with a bordered word on it. Nothing special. So shut up and give notes on the aesthetic value rather than the philosophic. *morphs back to nice jonny*
Chocolate? Melting chocolate, no less? *nabs a piece from the case by his desk* You're making me hungry, but I think it looks more like soft, brushed metal then anything edible. |
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