Yea that's a good strategy to find a great name.
But you compared 3 different things:
- LMMS is a name hiding an acronym
- VLC is an acronym
- While Firefox is a name, or Open Tracks Studio is a name (and you may
call it OTS, which is close to OST, Official Sound Track, so it's quite
easy to remember too, I think)
I find VLC easy to remember thanks to its logo. I don't know why.
Seriously. I may find one of those things on the highway and call it "a
VLC".
Unison seems easy too (even tho I just had to read the mail again to
read it)
But if we end calling it Unison Studio... well... it's "US".
Firefox isn't called "MF" tho...
Do you think we should first start a pull about having either a short
name or a longer name with a good acronym?
Il 14/09/2015 18:21, Tres Finocchiaro ha scritto:
What sparked the recent idea was watching "XBMC" change to "Kodi".
I still think something like "Open Tracks Studio" could be an option
I feel it is a bit too long. I remember when "GAIM" switched to
"Pidgin" and I thought it was ingenious given the logo (which is a
pun, if you didn't know) in addition to the actual word "Pidgin" (not
to be confused with "Pigeon") which gives it meaning.
Firefox was once called the Mozilla Navigator (or more commonly
installed as part of the Mozilla Suite) and has a nice ring to it.
I think balancing a short name (pronounceable too, right?), a
memorable name and a name that means something is the key.
* LMMS is short.
* LMMS is PARTIALLY memorable
* LMMS is NOT easy to pronounce.
* LMMS only PARTIALLY means something.
I even find "Gimp" to work for the 3 bullet points.
But then you have something like VLC:
* VLC is short
* VLC is easy to pronounce
* VLC is memorable (for some strange reason, no one forgets its name)
* VLC stands for "Video LAN Client" (hardly what it is used for), so
the name is PARTIALLY valid like ours.
- tres.finocchi...@gmail.com <mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:04 PM, DeRobyJ <dero...@gmail.com
<mailto:dero...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Well... I do like Unison (I wouldn't recommend Dawsonite tho, it's
hard to say for latin-like languages native speakers like me).
I still think something like "Open Tracks Studio" could be an
option, but changing the name right now is quite a bad idea, we
just reached 1.1 version...
We could, like, wait some years, and then, after the community
grows (there is no way it won't grow) make a public pull about a
new name.
We may find the perfect name in the meantime...
Talking about names... Do you find it hard to say "Cortana" or
"Siri"? They're read as I would read them in Italian, I wonder why
would they choose these names for a global service. Are they easy
to say for any language native speaker?
~DeRobyJ
Il 14/09/2015 17:43, Ian Sannar ha scritto:
Reading through Rob's post (from 2010) he mentions the name
"Unison".
I think "Unison Studio" sounds nice.
But, you know, renaming and all... difficult.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Tres Finocchiaro
<tres.finocchi...@gmail.com <mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
I just came across the word "Dawsonite", which conveniently
has the word "DAW" in it. :) Just wanted to share.
Yes, this email thread is originally from 2010. :) No, I
don't think it's wise to rename the software, just food for
thought. :)
/noun/ An orthorhombic mineral, hydrous sodium aluminum
carbonate, NaAlCO 3 (OH) 2, with a vitreous luster,
occurring as white blade-shaped crystals: mined as an ore
of aluminum.
-Tres
- tres.finocchi...@gmail.com <mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Kevin
<octosquido...@gmail.com <mailto:octosquido...@gmail.com>> wrote:
oh! I like Rob's suggestions!
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 09:40, Rob
<sourceforge-raind...@kudla.org
<mailto:sourceforge-raind...@kudla.org>> wrote:
On Thursday 05 August 2010 01:03, D.e.L. wrote:
> - Free Sound Foundry/Factory (F.S.F.) :D
> - Barrel Binary ( refer to Barrel Organ )
Well, as long as we're throwing out our LMMS naming
ideas, here are mine.
I think I submitted them to one of the developers
maybe a year ago, but
can't find the email now, just the text file I was
keeping them in. I
wonder if there's still a point, though, since Unison
is a nice name and it
sounds like it'll make LMMS obsolete eventually.
"Autonomy", because
- Like other popular Linux audio tools, it's an
abstract noun
starting with "A"
- LMMS has always been more capable as an "all-in-one",
self-contained tool than other programs like it
- The word evokes independence and rugged individualism
- The word also contains "auto" at the beginning,
reflecting
how much work LMMS does for the user
"Ambition", because
- Like other popular Linux audio tools, it's an
abstract noun
starting with "A"
- Ambition is a desirable quality for a musician,
and is something
LMMS will not stand in the way of, unlike some
other tools
- The word also sounds like "ambience" and "audition"
"Audibility", because
- Like other popular Linux audio tools, it's an
abstract noun
starting with "A"
- The word is a nice cross between "audio" and
"ability"
- It has one more syllable than "Audacity" but is
still catchy ;)
"Freelance", because
- It has "free" in the name
- It has the connotation of independence and many
musicians would
describe themselves with it
- It's not an abstract noun starting with A, if
that bugged you
Rob
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