flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 天前Free software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up11.06Kfile-text
arrow-up11.06KimageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 天前message-square146fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 天前But the acronym totally destroys the understandability of the program name and instead is understood as “an unpleasant or stupid person” (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp). If you look at similar commercial software you get names like MS Paint, Photoshop or Lightroom. They should have stuck with “GNU Image”, “GNU Photo” or maybe “GNU PhotoEdit”.
minus-squareJesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 天前When I teach old people how to use GIMP, we all laugh at the name, I explain what it stands for, and then they don’t forget it.
But the acronym totally destroys the understandability of the program name and instead is understood as “an unpleasant or stupid person” (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp).
If you look at similar commercial software you get names like MS Paint, Photoshop or Lightroom.
They should have stuck with “GNU Image”, “GNU Photo” or maybe “GNU PhotoEdit”.
When I teach old people how to use GIMP, we all laugh at the name, I explain what it stands for, and then they don’t forget it.