New special effects library

[Zack Rusin]

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 09:18, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 14:07, Zack Rusin wrote:
> > So as an engineer you're attracted to names and you'd join KDE because
> > libraries have cool names? I'd expect engineers to look at technologies
> > not through their names but what they do
>
> With news sites, blogs, (paper)articles all giving attention to the new
> stuff, and the general idea that non-boring names tend to stick better in
> peoples minds. 

And how does that apply to libraries at all? Are you saying that you will do 
such aggressive marketing of KDE that everyone on the world will know every 
KDE library name? Or are you saying that developers will come to KDE because 
of a neat name of a library? I just don't believe any of it, even for a 
second. They're names that the authors happen to like, don't try to give them 
deep philosophical meaning. They're not applications, it just doesn't work 
like that. 
If you're a user and you're being bombed with a given name, sure you'll give 
it a try. But if you're a developer - you don't use a library because you've 
been bombed with marketing - you use a library because you have a particular 
need for it and you keep using a library because it fullfills your 
requirements.

> Well, I guess many people choose to look at the hip sounding 
> libraries before the boring libs.

That's another factulation eh? (speculation made to be a fact). 

> The question is if people will recall the kde3 FX library (which didn't
> have too much 'oomph') and disclaim this lib based on that perception.
>
> Renaming it to KGraphicsThatGetYouLaid or KSuperNova (be creative!) may
> help for those case.

You know I really don't find it all too funny. Should I be renaming it after 
committing every fix as well so that people don't associate new version with 
old bugs? (rhetorical) 
Like I said in the beginning, it's my opinion, I just happen to prefer 
libraries that somewhat represent what they do and if they follow some scheme 
across environment even better. Now that's my opinion and you quoting me your 
opinions and speculations really doesn't help me change it so just don't do 
it.

Now having said that, I will most likely license kimagefx under bsd so you are 
free to fork it just to be able to rename it, I just really don't want to be 
a part of this process.

z