[huskerlug] Re: We have the worst freaking namers............
- From: Hexadecimal <hexcat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:52:05 -0500
I agree with you entirely. Seeing things like "libsexy" gives me the
overall feeling of unprofessionalism.
On 4/7/07, Martin Wolff <mwolff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This email is basically a rant so if you are busy, etc you should just
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> I hate open source developers who name their software stupid names.
> Less than a week ago I was showing off my GNU+Linux running laptop to
> another student. They liked it, but one of their main complaints was
> that upon first glance at program names, they had no idea what the
> different programs did. I can't blame them. Compare it to windows
>
> Text Editors:
> Linux: Kate, Gedit, vim, emacs, nano, cat, etc OpenOffice
> Windows: Notepad. Word.
>
> So linux came close on that with Word vs OpenOffice and Notepad vs
> Gedit, but if we look at other areas...
>
> Image Manipulation:
> Linux: The Gimp
> Windows: Photoshop
>
> Yeah windows destroyed that one
>
> Instant Messenger Clients: (This is what really got me down tonight)
> Linux: Pidgin
> Windows: Aol Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, etc
>
> And that's the one that really disappointed me me tonight. I found
> out they were changing the name to Pidgin. It makes sense, when you
> look up the definitions, but to the common person who just opens the
> Start Menu equivalent on a common GNU+Linux desktop it means nothing.
> I can't believe this didn't go through the mind of at least one of the
> GAIM developers so I'm assuming they actually thought about this, and
> then disregarded naming it a good name. That is what makes me so
> angry. They had a chance to make the switch to Linux a tiny bit
> easier for Joe Random and they blew it.
>
> Also, naming the gaim libs libpurple? Ok.....fantastic... again it
> makes sense when you really look into it but you can't figure it out
> AT ALL just by seeing it.
>
> If you have had a silly name for a while and you want to keep it
> because now it is pretty established in the community, ok, that is
> fine, but if you have to rename something why rename it to something
> obscure? Why not rename it to something that tells what the program
> does? At least GAIM sounded like AIM.
>
> The Gaim developers definitely took a step back with this move.
>
> If you have no idea what this whole Pidgin thing is has been about
> http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
>
> At first I thought it was an April Fool's joke. I couldn't believe it.
>
>
> Martin
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