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My favourite example of how this can go sideways is BlueJeans - video conferencing software. There's probably some cultural context I'm missing here, but I ask
by Tade0 4y ago
My favourite example of how this can go sideways is BlueJeans - video conferencing software.
There's probably some cultural context I'm missing here, but I asked around in the office and got a different answer each time as to why it would be named like that.
That was 9 years ago and I still don't know BTW.
- praptak 4y agoI'd say it gets the worst of both worlds, or maybe even worst of three worlds. It is long, it is cryptic, and it actually leads you down the false path of trying to guess why jeans and why they're blue. I mean if you go with cryptic then at least call it something short and obviously cryptic. "Chrome" good, "VersatileGopher" bad. PS Yes I know that Chrome actually has an explanation, but it does not sound like it means something that you could guess if you thought hard enough. I'm also not criticizing Ubuntu release names because the context is obviously different.
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- samatman 4y agoBy contrast, Jitsi, while totally meaningless, is easy to remember. A whimsical name with no connection whatsoever to the application or library is misleading, a nonce word is better.