On Apr 6, 2005 9:40 PM, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on some conversations with Nicolas, Quentin and Banlu, I had some > comments about the project to spark some discussion. Mostly interface > stuff, a few marketing things, and some creative dreaming... :) > > Regarding the name Étoilé, I think it looks pretty, and I like the > symbolism behind it. I have only two concerns: pronunciation and > accents. People who do not speak French will have a very difficult time > with how to say the name of the project. I personally am still not > completely certain (I would guess (long)A-twal -- correct me please!). > Some people might see it as (long)E-toy-il-ee, which sounds like "toil" > (meaning to labour continuously or work strenuously), or, as mentioned > earlier, like E-Toilet. Neither are good connotations. In addition, as > Banlu and others have mentioned, the accents can be a pain to try to > work in. That said, I think it's great as a working name, but as we > start to grow the project and want to market it, we should strongly > consider something that uses easily type-able characters and that is a > bit more phonetic. I don't want to start another debate on this... just > offering my 2¢ since joining the list. Let's worry about it later. >
I do think people put too much attention on the name at this stage. What's important is the "content", not the name. Without content, a project will not success even with a good name. There are so many projects whose names can be pronounced in different ways at the first glance, like Cocoon (an Apahce project), Suse, subethaedit, etc. People will find a way to say it in their own way. Even if people pronounce Etoile as E-toilet, what's wrong with that !! It's just for fun. I am not saying name is not important. I just say *at this stage*, it is not as important as the content. And there are so many choices which are based on personal preference, like the spacial file manager window. I believe it is not worth to discuss until someone is really working on it. It is very easy to have a lengthy discussion on this kind of details, but it does take a lot of time for people to implement it. My .2 cent Yen-Ju
