Naming of the 5 office apps

[Inge Wallin]

On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 16:51:15 Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 November 2010, C. Boemann wrote:
> > Btw I don't think krita, karbon and kexi devs should decide on this,
> > though naturally suggestions are welcome. But otherwise some other might
> > decide that say krita should be renamed too. It's not a threat, but a
> > request to not interfere with decision that really is not your business.
> > Ask yourself if you would want strangers to decide the name of your app.
> > 
> > Hopefully we can come to a consensus, but this is the sort of topic where
> > it's difficult.
> 
> While in the final call, I feel it's up to the maintainers to make a naming
> decision, I think the names you suggested are not really good. Outline
> doesn't suggest a presentation to me, or if it does, one of the worst
> kind, the outline-sheets-read-aloud. And Wording sounds weird. But it's up
> to the maintainers of those apps to make a decision.

I'm not so sure about this (names should always be decided by the 
maintainers).  If you started the application, then it's another thing. Also 
if you are on your own, then it's a given.

However, in this case none of the current maintainers (afaIk) started the 
application that they now maintain. It's not certain that just because you are 
a good maintainer, you are also good at coming up with names that capture the 
imagination of the users.

We now have a unique opportunity to come up with very good names. In some 
cases, maybe the current name is so good that we should keep it (Krita comes 
to mind), but in other cases we could win by coming up with a new one.  And in 
one case (KWord) we have to come up with something new.

Personally, I am really happy with the name Calligra for our suite (thanks, 
Myriam). If we can come up with similarly good names for the individual 
applications, I think we have a good chance to use this as leverage in the 
future.

Now, regarding the names that Casper suggested, I'm afraid that I also don't 
feel they are the best we can come up with -- perhaps with the exception of 
Compute. I'm not really good at this myself, but here are some suggestions to 
spark the imagination:

KWord - Column, Compose, Essay, Script, Journal, Prose, Type
KSpread - Count, Figures (too close to Numbers?), Tally, Prime, Optimus
KPresenter - Convince, Convey, Assert, Spotlight (my favourite of these), 
Underscore, Enlight
KPlato - Concoct :-), Procedure, Plan, Scheme (perhaps not :-) ), Agenda, 
Roadmap
Kexi - Data, Entry,  Facts, Digest -- or just keep Kexi; it's unique enough.

One thing we could do is to stay with the C theme and use Calligra Column, 
Calligra Count and Calligra Convince.  That's why I put them first in the list 
even though I don't like them best everywhere.