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Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the mod

by pjerem 5y ago

Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the module's names and logos (which are authentic MS Paint piece of work).

zeeZ 5y ago
My first guess was this had something to do with legal nonsense, and I guess I was right: > If provided, icons are preferred to be parodic or humorous in nature for legal reasons, however there are no restrictions on the quality or style of humor. https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- pjerem 5y ago
  Yes, but I think they are, also, just for making fun of some brands. Because, also a fun fact : this project changed its name recently, it was called Weboob before: https://weboob.org https://weboob.org
  - throwaway744678 5y ago
    The 6th contributor's (nick)name, can be translated to something like "Fuckthewhores", with a play on words with Belzebuth
  - Hackbraten 5y ago
    Good on them. I really disliked the old name.
  - userbinator 5y ago
    I remember weboob, and all the amusing names of the various pieces. Unfortunate that the (French) humour was killed by political correctness.
    - awrmc 5y ago
      Are you suggesting "political correctness" is the only reason someone might be discouraged from installing a program named after toilet humor and juvenile references to specific parts of the anatomy? I've let my kids watch plenty of children's movies with fart jokes in them, but I still don't want to hear more of that when I'm trying to use a tool to access a banking service. It seems there's even still a banking module with a crude poop icon: https://woob.tech/applications/bank.html https://woob.tech/applications/bank.html Doesn't really inspire confidence in their professionalism or trustworthiness with handling financial transactions, if you ask me.
      - userbinator 5y ago
        I see your point, but "professionalism" brings to mind things like enterprise software, which is not exactly great either. It's sterile, but just as bug-ridden and user-hostile/difficult to use. Quirky naming and crude humour can be orthogonal to functionality.
    - Vosporos 5y ago
      Je suis française et cet humour était vraiment merdique
      - OrangeMusic 5y ago
        Je suis Française et je trouvais ça drôle.
    - littlestymaar 5y ago
      It's not “political correctness” which killed the humor, in fact the humor was there by accident and at the beginning the creator of the project found that funny, so it stuck for a while > When weboob was started in 2010, 11 years ago, the name was chosen, without a hidden agenda, since as a French speaker, "boob" wasn't part of my vocabulary. > Following its release and the ensuing reactions, during its first years, the project was complemented with various provocative elements (icons, application names, English slurs in the code). This was done with the sole motive that at that time, it was seen as "fun". But when the project gained traction he realized that the name was probably not appropriate for people building business apps with it, which he wanted to support. > But in practice, it's been years the project isn't following this approach anymore, it's used as an essential building block of professional companies, the provocative elements are progressively removed, and the professionnalisation[sic] question is being raised. Source: Weboob will become woob − https://lists.symlink.me/pipermail/weboob/2021-February/001646.html https://lists.symlink.me/pipermail/weboob/2021-February/0016...
reaperducer 5y ago
Unless my brain isn't parsing it right, that dating icon is both funny and NSFW.
- soheil 5y ago
  aum or happn?

by pjerem 5y ago

zeeZ 5y ago

My first guess was this had something to do with legal nonsense, and I guess I was right: > If provided, icons are preferred to be parodic or humorous in nature for legal reasons, however there are no restrictions on the quality or style of humor. https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

pjerem 5y ago
Yes, but I think they are, also, just for making fun of some brands. Because, also a fun fact : this project changed its name recently, it was called Weboob before: https://weboob.org https://weboob.org
- throwaway744678 5y ago
  The 6th contributor's (nick)name, can be translated to something like "Fuckthewhores", with a play on words with Belzebuth
- Hackbraten 5y ago
  Good on them. I really disliked the old name.
- userbinator 5y ago
  I remember weboob, and all the amusing names of the various pieces. Unfortunate that the (French) humour was killed by political correctness.
  - awrmc 5y ago
    Are you suggesting "political correctness" is the only reason someone might be discouraged from installing a program named after toilet humor and juvenile references to specific parts of the anatomy? I've let my kids watch plenty of children's movies with fart jokes in them, but I still don't want to hear more of that when I'm trying to use a tool to access a banking service. It seems there's even still a banking module with a crude poop icon: https://woob.tech/applications/bank.html https://woob.tech/applications/bank.html Doesn't really inspire confidence in their professionalism or trustworthiness with handling financial transactions, if you ask me.
    - userbinator 5y ago
      I see your point, but "professionalism" brings to mind things like enterprise software, which is not exactly great either. It's sterile, but just as bug-ridden and user-hostile/difficult to use. Quirky naming and crude humour can be orthogonal to functionality.
  - Vosporos 5y ago
    Je suis française et cet humour était vraiment merdique
    - OrangeMusic 5y ago
      Je suis Française et je trouvais ça drôle.
  - littlestymaar 5y ago
    It's not “political correctness” which killed the humor, in fact the humor was there by accident and at the beginning the creator of the project found that funny, so it stuck for a while > When weboob was started in 2010, 11 years ago, the name was chosen, without a hidden agenda, since as a French speaker, "boob" wasn't part of my vocabulary. > Following its release and the ensuing reactions, during its first years, the project was complemented with various provocative elements (icons, application names, English slurs in the code). This was done with the sole motive that at that time, it was seen as "fun". But when the project gained traction he realized that the name was probably not appropriate for people building business apps with it, which he wanted to support. > But in practice, it's been years the project isn't following this approach anymore, it's used as an essential building block of professional companies, the provocative elements are progressively removed, and the professionnalisation[sic] question is being raised. Source: Weboob will become woob − https://lists.symlink.me/pipermail/weboob/2021-February/001646.html https://lists.symlink.me/pipermail/weboob/2021-February/0016...

reaperducer 5y ago

Unless my brain isn't parsing it right, that dating icon is both funny and NSFW.

soheil 5y ago
aum or happn?