Naming of the 5 office apps

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Friday 26 November 2010, Jan Hambrecht wrote:
> 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
> 

Hm... I'm tempted to suggest "Callige On Stage" -- and then when we're moving towards a release, we also have Calligra On Ice!

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