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/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain
by mdoms 6y ago
/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain might be. Just awful in every possible way.
- burundi_coffee 6y agoI think I read somehwere that they chose this name as their "beta" version since it's not easily googleable. As soon as they gain more traction, they will rebrand.
- rapnie 6y agoThey started with eelo, but then had to change: > Eelo was subsequently renamed to /e/ in July 2018 due to a conflict with the "eelloo" trademark, which was owned by human resources company Meurs HRM B.V. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system) PS. I agree on it being the worst name possible.
- raverbashing 6y agoAlso it might cause confusion with https://www.enlightenment.org/ https://www.enlightenment.org/
- flyingfences 6y agoAlso it might cause confusion with https://boards.4chan.org/e/ https://boards.4chan.org/e/ (NSFW)
- SirLotsaLocks 6y agoOr elementeryOS which is commonly referred to as eOS
- karmakaze 6y agoThat's only until it becomes ubiquitous: C programming language.
- nightowl_games 6y agoYou had to put "C programming language" because C is an insufficient identifier, despite its ubiquity.
- karmakaze 6y agoGo is another one that seemed like a bad choice--at least "e" isn't an English word.
- flas9sd 6y agoin the AMA he gives notice of things to come regarding the name. Like - the operating system keeping /e/ intermittingly, but choosing an overall easier to communicate project name.
- Black101 6y agoIf Google would not ignore special characters, it would be the easiest to find... ie: search for "/e/" ... also, alphabet is easy to find because they give themselves priority [0].... 0. https://i.imgur.com/iuxMVBj.png https://i.imgur.com/iuxMVBj.png