Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-02-01 Thread Dusik
On 27/01/06, Виктор Кожухаров <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > actually, the correct name is Windows Explorer, so absolutely nothing is > stopping me for using the name "Explorer" for an application I remember the name "Lindows" ran into some problems. So did Mike Roe Soft. Maybe it's best not to me

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:44:06 -0500 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Friday, 27 January 2006, at 11:08:48 (+0900), > Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > "leatherman" - cool an s&m doll! > > No, that's "horms." BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA rotfl! -- - Codito, ergo sum - "I c

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Виктор Кожухаров
On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 05:32 +1000, David Seikel wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is > > yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. > > Explorer is onl

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Geoffrey
David Seikel wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. Explorer is only "reserved" for one particular OS that is not

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread David Seikel
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think these names are _really_ smart. Worse luck that Explorer is > yet reserved, so this would be a great name for an E filemanager. Explorer is only "reserved" for one particular OS that is not anywhere near the top

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 27 January 2006, at 11:08:48 (+0900), Carsten Haitzler wrote: > "leatherman" - cool an s&m doll! No, that's "horms." Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ---

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-27 Thread Andreas Volz
Am Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:43:22 + schrieb Foxy: > in gnome we have nautilus and konquerer in kde, both bear no > association with file manager for me... No, they have an association: On MS Windows the file explorer is named "Explorer". Read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:24:19 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Hi, > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. > > Eclair > Elicit > Embrace > Engage > Entice > Entrance > Entropy >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:56:31 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Am Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 schrieb Michael Jennings: > > > [...] > > I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your > > breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list becaus

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Thursday, 26 January 2006, at 16:24:19 (+0100), > Andreas Volz wrote: > > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Thomas Kuther
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:24:19 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. blablabla Yes? I can almost remeber them all. And if you can't why not ju

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread David Seikel
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:00:20 -0500 Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would agree, but I also would prefer the current developers > continue to focus on the code. I'd love to give a shot at creating > some icons, but I'm afraid that might be something a developer might > want to keep 'as the

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Dusik
On 26/01/06, Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Entice was going to be some pr0n application. Certainly, there are better names for a pr0n application. Even Entrance... never mind, I won't go there ;) Seriously, though, if those names made real sence, I suppose we wouldn't be joking about the

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Geoffrey
Michael Jennings wrote: I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list because they're cool and don't give a shit whether or not it makes sense to name an app with that word. Now I love that approach! :) -- Un

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Geoffrey
Christian Walther wrote: Same with me... I installed all e-related Apps I could find using their ebuilds, but it was hard to remember their names. So I went through my old CVS-tree and looked at the READMEs. I created a small text file that contains a list of the app names and their purpose. So

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Volz
Am Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:47 -0500 schrieb Michael Jennings: > [...] > I have said this many, many times. No one cares. So don't waste your > breath. Most of them just pick random 'e' words off a list because > they're cool and don't give a shit whether or not it makes sense to > name an app wi

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Michael Jennings
On Thursday, 26 January 2006, at 16:24:19 (+0100), Andreas Volz wrote: > since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names > and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. > > e.g. > > Eclair > Elicit > Embrace > Engage > Entice > Entrance > Entropy > eRSS > Evidence

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Paul Stejskal
Personally I think that having a list of E apps on the menu would be great. The names can stay the same if we want, or they can change, as long as they work great. Paul --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Christian Walther
Same with me... I installed all e-related Apps I could find using their ebuilds, but it was hard to remember their names. So I went through my old CVS-tree and looked at the READMEs. I created a small text file that contains a list of the app names and their purpose. So far, I think that "Entranc

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Martin Hauser
Hello, * Foxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at [20060126 15:53]: > Ildar Sagdejev wrote: > >On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little > >>application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and >

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Foxy
Ildar Sagdejev wrote: On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and easy to remind names are also great. Or am I alone with this opinion? It's

Re: [e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Ildar Sagdejev
On 26/01/06, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that everyone needs a cool name for his own little > application as E is looking really cool. But perhaps some intuitive and > easy to remind names are also great. Or am I alone with this opinion? It's also been taking me a while

[e-users] Difficult names and no icons...

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Volz
Hi, since there're more and more applications I begin to forget the names and if I search for an application it's hard to remind. e.g. Eclair Elicit Embrace Engage Entice Entrance Entropy eRSS Evidence Exhibit Entangle I've not the right to flame someone for his applications name, but am I real