Well, the user response on the forum has been overwhelmingly in favor: https://forum.kicad.info/t/non-devs-what-do-you-think-of-the-app-names/5147
That said, I'm in no hurry to do this - like I said, I'm just seeking out opinions to know whether people agree with me or not. I'd like to see it happen someday, but it's by no means high-priority. On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 12:46:37PM -0500, Chris Pavlina wrote: > I think I am going to seek out some user views on this. As usual it > doesn't do us much good to speculate about what non-developers want. > > I will say that so far two users have told me that the weird names > confused them as beginners, and only established developers have argued > in favor of keeping them. ;) > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 12:40:10PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I don't have a strong opinion one way or another but you should never > > underestimate the power of branding. You can take the same car and > > change the manufacturer and model names and the same person who liked > > the car under one brand name will hate it under another brand name. I > > never understood this myself but I'm not a marketing guru. User are > > familiar with the application names and given that the applications can > > still be run in stand alone mode, it may make sense to keep them. > > > > On 2/2/2017 8:56 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > > I admit I'm getting self-indulgent here, this request is definitely a > > > bit "what Chris would do if made Dictator of KiCad", but... just testing > > > the waters here: > > > > > > What do people think about, for either the 5.0 or 6.0 release, ditching > > > the old application names, in favor of everything being one tool under > > > the "KiCad" roof: > > > > > > Eeschema -> Schematic editor > > > Pcbnew -> PCB editor, or Layout editor, or Board editor > > > Cvpcb -> "Assign Footprints" > > > Pl Editor -> Title block editor > > > Bitmap2Component -> Remove as independent app, make "Import image" in > > > libedit and modedit > > > > Rename or not, this change makes sense to me. Being able to directly > > import an image as a symbol or footprint would be an improvement over > > the way it's currently done. Although it would probably be useful for > > library developers to be able to run it as a stand alone app as well. > > > > > > > > I know this one is going to be controversial, but I don't really see the > > > point of these old names. They're... weird. Cvpcb - what does that even > > > mean? :P > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
