Re: The name Freetalk is already in use

On Tuesday 26 May 2009 23:03:26 Colin Davis wrote:
> Not for nothing, but I don't really think that Freetalk needs a public
> name anyway.
> Users Don't look at Freenet as a platform... We might get there someday,
> but  everything I've seen in the irc channel, the support list, and
> talking with friends indicates that people look at Freenet as a program -
> Advanced users think of it as a protocol, which is under development and
> only used by Freenet, it's main program.
> 
> No one I've ever talked to has thought of it as a platform for
> applications to be developed on.
> 
> This means that Freetalk isn't it's own independent entity, that runs on
> top of Freenet.. FreeTalk would be "Posting a message on Freenet"
> 
> 
> FreeMail is "Sending a personal message over Freenet"
> FreeTalk is "Posting to a Freenet Forum"
> Fproxy loaded pages are "Websites on Freenet"
> etc, etc.
> 
> I think this is the right behavior to encourage, because it helps make
> Freenet understandable.

In which case we simply have a menu item called "Forums", or something similar.
> 
> -CPD
> 
> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Matthew Toseland <
> > toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday 26 May 2009 16:42:55 3BUIb3S50i 3BUIb3S50i wrote:
> >> > djk@isFiaD04zgAgnrEC5XJt1i4IE7AkNPqhBG5bONi6Yks wrote :
> >> > > http://www.gnu.org/software/freetalk/
> >>
> >> Every reasonably interesting name is already in use. :|
> >>
> >> Suggestions for renaming Freetalk are welcome as far as I am concerned.
> >>
> >
> > We should stick with "Freetalk" unless someone comes up with a clearly
> > better name that isn't taken.
> >
> > The "freetalk" software you mention is not high-profile, and I think we
> > are
> > placing an excessive restriction on ourselves if we must find an
> > absolutely
> > unique name - we'll end up having to call it something like
> > "f745jhgf!!&p".
> >
> > Ian.

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