On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:24:19 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hi, > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. > > Eclair > Elicit > Embrace > Engage > Entice > Entrance > Entropy > eRSS > Evidence > Exhibit > Entangle > > I've not the right to flame someone for his applications name, but am I > really the only person who has problems to remember these names? They > sounds too similar and most names aren't really intuitiv. > > And I noticed that no E application has yet designed an app icon. > Please correct me if this is wrong! Why? Simply because no one did yet > create one? I couldn't believe this. > > I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little > application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and > easy to remind names are also great. Or am I alone with this opinion? > > I think it's good if a name of an application fits with the fist letter > of it's environment (here 'E'; somewhere else 'G' or 'K'), is a "cool" > word *and* the name is intuitive for the work that I like to do with > this application. So gedit or kwrite is perhaps a little boring, but > easy to remember. As we all often start apps from the command line this > is an important thing. Or did you never forget commands and curse until > you remind them: and excel isn't obscure? it's a matter of branding and marketing. :) yes - peolpe should make icons for their apps. that's up to them though. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> e > Display all 190 possibilities? (y or n) > > grr! :-P > > regards > Andreas > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
