flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlueKey@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up42·5 days agoCounterarguments: Chrome Edge Sky Adobe Acrobat Outlook All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.
minus-squarerooroo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·5 days agoThese are all major commercial services that can afford advertising or are already more than established. Most FOSS doesn’t have these perks.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoThis. Nobody’s going to forget the name of the browser they use every single day. But if it’s some niche tool that I have to look up every time I use it once every few years, that’s more difficult.
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All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.
These are all major commercial services that can afford advertising or are already more than established. Most FOSS doesn’t have these perks.
This.
Nobody’s going to forget the name of the browser they use every single day. But if it’s some niche tool that I have to look up every time I use it once every few years, that’s more difficult.