Re: [tdf-discuss] Name Change for LibreOffice Applications

On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 17:20:16 Samuel Mehrbrodt wrote:
> Today there was an announcement that KOffice got a new name (Calligra)
> and they also renamed some of the Applications. "KWord" became "Words",
> "KSpread" became "Tables" and "KPresenter" was renamed to "Stages".
>
> I was wondering whether such a name change has been considered for the
> LibreOffice Applications. The point is that I don't really like the
> current names. I'm not a Name Designer, but Writer, Calc and Impress
> don't really sound good in my ears and I would even say that most people
> using OpenOffice would not know the names of the Applications they are
> using, only that it's OpenOffice.
>
> If LibreOffice changed the names of the Applications shipping, that
> might also help people to differentiate between OpenOffice and
> LibreOffice in Future.
>
> Here a comparison of the names of text processing, spreadsheet and
> presentation program of six Office Suites:
>
> MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
> Apple iWork: Pages, Numbers, Keynote
> Calligra(former KOffice): Words, Tables, Stages

Stage, not Stages :-)

> Softmaker Office: Textmaker, Planmaker, Presentations
> Corel WordPerfect Office: WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations
> OpenOffice.org: Writer, Calc, Impress
>
> I think MS Office, iWork and now Calligra have the best names for their
> applications. It's easy to spell and easy to remember.
> I would like to hear what everyone else is thinking about changing names
> for LibreOffice applications.
>
> Samuel M.

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