I think it's a fine name, as you say it's cute, and you can easily append "Backup Tool" in all situations where people might be confused. It reminds me of 'quod libet' - the great linux music player, which doesn't necessarily jump out to people by name, but once you've used it a few times, you don't forget.
I think you shouldn't worry about people mis-pronouncing it. Also, I think you would probably distance current users, which is rarely a good call. idb On 3 April 2011 12:21, Michael Terry <m...@mterry.name> wrote: > Hello! I'm the maintainer of Déjà Dup, a backup program that this > list last saw when I asked for a usability review (which I've recorded > the suggestions from and have been slowly implementing many of the > changes, so thanks so very much!). > > It has belatedly come to my attention that Déjà Dup is a terrible name: > > 1) It's not translatable in any meaningful sense > 2) No one knows how to pronounce it > 3) I've had users continue to say Déjà Vu instead, even after having > been corrected > 4) It doesn't shout "I'm a backup program" to new users > > In it's favor: > > 1) I think it's cute > 2) I can usually append the phrase "Backup Tool" to its name in > ambiguous contexts so it's clear what it does > 3) It's been in use for a couple years > > However, I am more than willing to entertain a rename. I thought I'd > email ya'll for advice on whether you think a rename is warranted, > name suggestions, experience from any renames you may have experienced > in the past. > > Thanks, > -mt > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > usability@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > -- Ian Bentley
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