Christopher Howard-3 wrote: > > Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. ..... As soon > as I say "GIMP," you can see > the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being > weak or lame.
I agree with this. Many people shy away from using products that aren't mainstream, and have little to do with (or knowledge of) open source software alternatives. There is nothing about the current name that inspires confidence or denotes competence. I think that the time to change the name would be when a release comes out that has an option to run in a single window. This is a major change that people have requested for some time and this new configuration is sure to be discussed widely on the internet. That version could be called something like "Gimp+". Over time this might become shortened in blogs, forums, etc. to "G+", and then a later major release could use that as the name. The whole time, Wilber the mascot would remain basically the same to provide continuity. I'm no ad wizard so I don't claim this is the best naming strategy, but I think it provides an example of how the rebranding process could go. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/The-name-%22Gimp%22-tp26102353p26139628.html Sent from the Gimp Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
