Addendum:

Every new or uncommon term adds to the cognitive load an unknown product 
puts on a prospect. If this load becomes to big and this prospect doesn't 
have to use this product (i.e. because some boss ordered it) this prospect 
just leaves. End of story; sale or user lost.

Judging form the standpoint of the cognitive load, it's not too hard to 
decide which terms are better than others. Just go for the least cognitve 
load for prospects that don't know your product or technology. That holds 
not only for names but also for the accessibility of functionality 
(settings, printing, entereing data, etc.).

That's just another way of saying: Simplicity matters!

Nowadays, there are many apps for mobile devices that one can just download 
and use without any further explanation whatsoever. So using them puts no 
additional cognitive load onto the user.

Compare that to the settings of Leo where you have to dig into a QT 
stylesheet that contains partly outdated information just to change the 
fontsize, always fearing that you might destroy something else.

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