On Saturday, September 19, 2015 12:17:00 AM Boudhayan Gupta wrote: > On 19 September 2015 at 00:00, Eike Hein <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to object to using Kapture for a number of reasons > > ... apologies for getting involved at this late hour, I was > > on vacation for most of this thread :) > > > > * The forcibly-inject-a-K naming scheme used to offer some > > > > utility in the form of communicating to users that an > > application was meant to use in a KDE workspace, and would > > work well in it. Through various efforts (cross-desktop > > standardization via freedesktop.org, KDE's porting efforts, > > even our rebranding exercise) we've moved beyond that in > > need and spirit, and largely only negatives remain - such > > as its gimmicky nature and bad reputation. I think the app > > is great and it would be unfortunate for its rollout to be > > overshadowed by a reaction to this backwards-oriented > > name. > > > > * It's not very memorable. Verb-based names don't easily > > > > imprint as a thing. > > > > * It doesn't sound pleasant and feels out of character due > > > > to many strong consonants and the snap of the first > > syllable. It doesn't sound approachable or nimble, it > > sounds serious and heavy-duty. Note these kinds of things > > transfer to a great degree across language spheres (cf. > > the Bouba-Kiki effect). > > > > Personally I'm a big fan of the "Selfie" suggestion: > > > > * It's clever and funny (the computer taking a self-portrait). > > > > * For those who can't take the word seriously - it also works > > > > tongue-in-cheek. It's not a fad, though; a word for the > > concept was needed, this it it, there won't be another > > (with the exception of Korea's "selca" for self-camera, > > perhaps). It's won. > > > > * Selfie is a artifact of globally interconnected culture, > > > > it's familiar to many non-English-speakers and not nerdy, > > while capture is advanced English and fairly technical and > > unapproachable. > > > > * It's an opportunity to appropriate a mainstream word for > > > > our purposes before anyone else really does. Those don't > > come along that often. > > > > * It sounds pleasant due to weaker consonants and i/e > > > > vowels. Cats would like this name. (But admittedly some > > language spheres can't pronounce f well.) > > When I first thought of Selfie, I thought of the following: > > * It makes perfect sense (screen taking a self portrait). > * While most other applications and projects take an "appropriate" and > subdued approach to naming their apps, this would be very "with the > times" and culture-appropriate, at this point. > * A fresh jolt from the dreary and monotonous world of coding? > > While it is a bit late now (the repository rename was done yesterday), > I'm still in love with the word Selfie (for the above reasons and > more). I'm heavily considering requesting another rename to Selfie. > > Are there any strong objections? > > Cheers, > Boudhayan
I'm with Eike. Excellent points for using Selfie. Appropriate name for the function that it serves. carl _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
