Re: [libreoffice-design] New names?

On 01/31/2011 02:47 PM, Mark Curtis wrote:
> Make sure to put "free" or "open" or "libre" in every name because it's not like the users either 
> A) already know it's FOSS or B) don't care that it's FOSS.
Um...  I never said anything about adding those words...
> Seriously though, could you maybe give an example of a direction to go? This just sounds like "this is 
> bad, read my mind to find out what I want"
> Is it because Calc isn't a word, Impress is a verb (contrary to Writer's noun) and Base is too 
> vague?
I am not asking anyone to read my mind, I am asking if it would be 
feasible to change the names, and if so, what the community thinks we 
should change it to...

Base makes me thing of gaming :)
> Personally I think half of the Microsoft Office names are terrible:
> Excel? You're excelling at what, couldn't that be used as a name for any application?
> Power Point? Is that some Microsoft Mouse software? What do Power or Point have to do with an 
> informative slideshow?
Some of them are terrible, but they are well know.  We need names that 
are instantly remembered and preferably Googled later ;)
> > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:38:48 -0600
> > From: ksoviero@gmail.com
> > To: design@libreoffice.org
> > Subject: [libreoffice-design] New names?
> >
> > I was thinking if we could change the names in LibreOffice to some that
> > are more descriptive?  Not only that, but since we are changing
> > everything else (icons, layout, office suite name), why don't we change
> > the app names to better fit their purpose.
> >
> > Writer (I actually like this)
> > Calc (A lot of spreadsheet work has nothing to do with calcualtions)
> > Impress (Too bland IMO)
> > Base (Way to bland IMO)
> >
> > Compare them to their rivals:
> >
> > *MS Office:*
> > Word
> > Excel
> > Power Point
> > Access
> >
> > *iWork:*
> > Pages
> > Numbers
> > Keynote
> >
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> > Phone: (512) 672-9641
> >
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