Naming issue again. It makes no sense arguing somehow. Name is a name anyway. People actually don't care about the names, if it changed, may cause confusing or unconfortable. Let's please focus on the office suit itself instead of those ichiness.
Chao >On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Ben Pracht <[email protected]> wrote: > I still say it'd be better to use something other than .org, even if it > meant a name change to something close but not trademarked. I don't think > names are a light issue either, especially since really, that's the first > exposure someone's going to have to the product. > > Ben > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Christoph Noack <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi Ben, > > > > I know that this sometimes is a bit ... strange. Especially since nobody > > really cares about the proper naming (e.g. in the press). However, here > > is the reason: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#4 > > > > Cheers, > > Christoph > > > > Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 15:59 -0500 schrieb Ben Pracht: > > > There's something that's bothered me since I started using OpenOffice > > which > > > I wish also got changed, which was the use of OOo or appending .org at > > the > > > end of it. The first one reminds me of the acronym for Out of Office, > or > > > some sort of impolite personal accident. Appending .org seems > > superfluous. > > > It's also easier to roll off your tongue if you can just say OpenOffice > > or > > > something like that. I'd suggest the next time branding issues come up > > in a > > > somewhat major way to take up investigating this. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Christoph Noack < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Sophie, hi Miroslav! > > > > > > > > Miroslav, you asked for the colors in the ODF icons. As I understood > > > > Sophie, there might be a chance to improve the usability and branding > > of > > > > the currently ODF-only icons. Personally, I don't know ... there have > > > > been many questions, but no real comment by one of the team members. > So > > > > if this is important to you (as it is to me), please follow Sophie's > > > > hint to join the branding effort and help us to drive that topic. > > > > > > > > In the meantime, there has been a request by Bernhard to the > Community > > > > Council. He asks why there hasn't been any community involvement with > > > > regard to the ODF icons ... currently there are (slow) discussions > > going > > > > on. [1] > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Christoph > > > > > > > > [1] > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Agenda > > > > (2010-04-29#2< > > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Agenda%0A%282010-04-29#2 > >Missing > > OOo desktop presence) > > > > > > > > Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 20:23 +0200 schrieb Sophie: > > > > > Hi Miroslav, > > > > > Miroslav Mazel wrote: > > > > > > We've been discussing the omission of color pretty thoroughly > since > > > > > the OOo > > > > > > branding was changed, but it seems that it lead to... nothing. Is > > > > > the lack > > > > > > of color in application icons and file icons final? Could we have > > an > > > > > > official vote on this? > > > > > > > > > > This is not final and if you want to follow/help on this, the > > > > > discussions happen on the branding list > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org
