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Quite tangental to the article, but: This is why you shouldn't name protocols/standards after products! I've worked with a few know-nothing users trying to sl
by zbentley 9y ago
Quite tangental to the article, but:
This is why you shouldn't name protocols/standards after products!
I've worked with a few know-nothing users trying to slog through mac file sharing for the first time and got confused when I told them that the better/faster/better-supported sharing options, between macs, were the ones without "Apple" in the name.
"But it's named after Apple; it's going to be the most official/best integrated thing if I'm on a Mac!" is a common barely-technical-user refrain.
The same thing applies to the "Apple Partition Map" bootsector option when formatting disks.
Give things a descriptive, concise, memorable name that has nothing to do with a brand. If you deprecate them, you'll be glad you did.
/pedantry