[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Friday 12 January 2007 08:43, Carl Cerecke wrote: >> >>> evince is a rarely used word: >>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evince >>> >> You learn a new one every day. >> >> >>> flpsed is pretty random[1] though. >>> >> Not once you know the derivation(s). >> >> FL - taken from the Fast and Light toolkit. >> PS - PostScript >> ED - EDitor. >> >> Yes, I agree that Software geeks are not given to spending time thinking >> up good marketing names. Having agonised through the process in the >> past, I assure you it takes a long time to come up with a good name >> because almost all the decent ones have been taken already. Time which >> many think is better spent on writing quality code. A sentiment with >> which I tend to agree. What's in a handle after all? >> > > A significant barrier to adoption is whats in the name. > > One of the fairly recent successes of linux desktops has been to put names > like (e.g.) "Picture editor" in the menu instead of "gimp". > > More people would use flpsed if they saw "PDF Editor" in the menu than > "flpsed". > > I prefer the approach to put both, so that old hands still know exactly > what they are getting, eg "flpsed (PDF Editor)" > > >>> Cheers, >>> Carl. >>> >>> [1] Random is my 9yr old daughter's most recent 'word'. Every second >>> thing is 'random'. >>> >>> > > Wait, the next one is "gay". As in > > Parent: "bedtime now" > Child: "thats gay" > > Gay appears to be a word that has changed meanings at least twice in my > lifetime. I am used to them changing once, but twice makes me feel old! > > > I am still wondering what the obsession with the letter k is all about on my system like kmenu, ktorrent, kmail etc.
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