On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not getting these emails that JP is replying to that seem to be > addressing me... > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 07:54:02PM +0100, jp charras wrote: > > Le 02/02/2017 à 19:13, Pedro Martin a écrit : > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > Beginners solve this issue... reading the manual. > > That's not the point. Silly quirks like these give a bad first > impression. They make people look at our software and think it's > unprofessional and poorly put together, and then they go use other > software. > >From a user standpoint I've got several technicians getting up to speed on KiCad and the names have definitely been a point of confusion. It's actually been the experienced engineers I've been working with who have this exact impression. It's not hard to coach through, but the impression still remains. > > > > > > > Why not keep the actual names only because JP named them this way? > > Why not keep the software originally exactly as JP wrote it in the > beginning? > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pedro. > > > > > > > Thanks Pedro. > > But the major issue which must be taken in account it not that. > > > > Changing names has serious results: > > * Documentation and all the translations has to be modified. > > Opinion was asked to devs, to users, but not to doc > writers/translators,and this is really not fair. > > * Links on Internet cannot be modified, and there are a lot of hits > regarding kicad: > > I really agree Cvpcb is not a good name, but just try "Cvpcb" on Google . > > > > Before changing these names you have to *seriously* think to the > results. > > (Think about that not only twice, but 3 times about that) > > I don't think "it's hard for us" should ever be a reason not to improve > the software, only a reason for where it goes in the set of priorities. > > > > > -- > > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- -Ben
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