Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-02-01 Thread Dusik
On 27/01/06, Виктор Кожухаров <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > actually, the correct name is Windows Explorer, so absolutely nothing is > stopping me for using the name "Explorer" for an application I remember the name "Lindows" ran into some problems. So did Mike Roe Soft. Maybe it's best not to me

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:44:06 -0500 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Friday, 27 January 2006, at 11:08:48 (+0900), > Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > "leatherman" - cool an s&m doll! > > No, that's "horms." BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA rotfl! -- - Codito, ergo sum - "I c

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Виктор Кожухаров
On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 05:32 +1000, David Seikel wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is > > yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. > > Explorer is onl

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Geoffrey
David Seikel wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. Explorer is only "reserved" for one particular OS that is not

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread David Seikel
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is > yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. Explorer is only "reserved" for one particular OS that is not anywhere near the top

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 27 January 2006, at 11:08:48 (+0900), Carsten Haitzler wrote: > "leatherman" - cool an s&m doll! No, that's "horms." Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ---

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Andreas Volz
Am Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:43:22 + schrieb Foxy: > in gnome we have nautilus and konquerer in kde, both bear no > association with file manager for me... No, they have an association: On MS Windows the file explorer is named "Explorer". Read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:24:19 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Hi, > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. > > Eclair > Elicit > Embrace > Engage > Entice > Entrance > Entropy >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:56:31 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Am Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 schrieb Michael Jennings: > > > [...] > > I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your > > breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list becaus

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Thursday, 26 January 2006, at 16:24:19 (+0100), > Andreas Volz wrote: > > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Thomas Kuther
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:24:19 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. blablabla Yes? I can almost remeber them all. And if you can't why not ju

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread David Seikel
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:00:20 -0500 Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would agree, but I also would prefer the current developers > continue to focus on the code. I'd love to give a shot at creating > some icons, but I'm afraid that might be something a developer might > want to keep 'as the

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Dusik
On 26/01/06, Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Entice was going to be some pr0n application. Certainly, there are better names for a pr0n application. Even Entrance... never mind, I won't go there ;) Seriously, though, if those names made real sence, I suppose we wouldn't be joking about the

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Geoffrey
Michael Jennings wrote: I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list because they're cool and don't give a shit whether or not it makes sense to name an app with that word. Now I love that approach! :) -- Un

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Geoffrey
Christian Walther wrote: Same with me... I installed all e-related Apps I could find using their ebuilds, but it was hard to remember their names. So I went through my old CVS-tree and looked at the READMEs. I created a small text file that contains a list of the app names and their purpose. So

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Volz
Am Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 schrieb Michael Jennings: > [...] > I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your > breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list because > they're cool and don't give a shit whether or not it makes sense to > name an app wi

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Michael Jennings
On Thursday, 26 January 2006, at 16:24:19 (+0100), Andreas Volz wrote: > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. > > Eclair > Elicit > Embrace > Engage > Entice > Entrance > Entropy > eRSS > Evidence

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Paul Stejskal
Personally I think that having a list of E apps on the menu would be great. The names can stay the same if we want, or they can change, as long as they work great. Paul --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Christian Walther
Same with me... I installed all e-related Apps I could find using their ebuilds, but it was hard to remember their names. So I went through my old CVS-tree and looked at the READMEs. I created a small text file that contains a list of the app names and their purpose. So far, I think that "Entranc

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Martin Hauser
Hello, * Foxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at [20060126 15:53]: > Ildar Sagdejev wrote: > >On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little > >>application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Foxy
Ildar Sagdejev wrote: On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and easy to remind names are also great. Or am I alone with this opinion? It's

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Ildar Sagdejev
On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little > application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and > easy to remind names are also great. Or am I alone with this opinion? It's also been taking me a while