> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:33 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: OT: product name
>
> Hi all, sorry for the OT, but I wanted to get more opinions on this,
> it won't take long:
>
> I'm working on a "contact manager" application, and I have several
> possible names:
>
> 1) ConMan
>
> 2) People onTap
>
> 3) Colleagues onTap
>
> Feel free to suggest any other names, although here's a short list of
> what's already been eliminated from contention:
>
> Friends onTap
> Buddies onTap
> Clients onTap
> Associates onTap
> Contacts onTap
> Connections onTap
> Connect onTap
Personally I'd try to stick with your broader convention... so right now
that means "something onTap".
Physical metaphors can be useful (for naming, not so much for designing) but
are pretty run through. "Address Book", "Rolodex", etc are examples of
physical things that do the same task.
Verb labels don't really seem to apply - this is (I assume) a storage
system, not a communications system. So, to me, "Connect", "Meet",
"Interact", etc are all out. You're storing items so a noun would seem to
be a better bet.
I'd try to stay away from constrictive labels ("Friends", "Buddies",
"Clients", "Associates", etc are all categories of contacts, not synonyms
for them).
General labels are better, I think. "People", "Contacts", etc - I wouldn't
make it any more complex than that.
Personally, from what I'd heard of the system, I would lean towards
"Contacts onTap" but "People onTap" would be just a effective I think.
Jim Davis
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