Naming of the 5 office apps

[Jan Hambrecht]

On 26.11.2010 09:12, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM, C. Boemann<cbo at boemann.dk>  wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've talked to several of youon irc, but here follows a formal request.
>>
>> I'd like us to agree soon on names for the apps so the website, forums and
>> press material can move forward. I think we all agree now is the time to get
>> rid of the KNames if we ever want to do so. And since the word processor is
>> forced to be renamed anyway it will seem really silly to keep the KNames for
>> some.
>>
>> I think it's pretty important that there is a common theme in the names. At
>> the very least having some KNames and some not seems unprofessional. But I
>> think we should go a bit further and actually make the names match in some
>> way.
>
> So, here is an issue that I just discussed with Cyrille and Casper on
> IRC, but I find it's worth repeating here:
>
> With application naming, especially in our case, "Simple" is often
> better than "Complex".
>
> "Calligra" itself is already a rather complex name, it's unusual, and
> not a real existing word. If you are trying to play a complex
> linguistic word game with the app name, you end up with something that
> you might understand, but only you. Not everyone is as smart as you
> are, keep this in mind :)
>
> Example:
>
> "Calligra Writer" - Complex, then Simple. Everyone understands this,
> it's easy to grasp.

Like that ?

KWord      -> Calligra Words
KSpread    -> Calligra Tables
KPresenter -> Calligra Stage
Kivio      -> Calligra Layout
KPlato     -> Calligra Plan

Ciao Jan