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Re: Change the name [message #163567 is a reply to message #163487]

Tue, 09 November 2010 04:24

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naudefj wrote on Wed, 03 November 2010 12:20

Firefly Forum sounds kinda cool!

Anyway, please allow two or three weeks for people to suggest new names. After that, setup a poll to see what the community thinks.

If we are seriously talking about taking the FUD out of FUDForum, then I suppose that "FireflyForum" is just as good a name as any, for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that "Firefly" was a one season sci-fi T.V. show that I rather enjoyed.

The ultimate decision though should not be made simply because of the name, yes many people do associate FUD with Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, however others just think that it is strange and/or funny depending on their language, culture or personal opinions.

Of more concern should be the difficulty of changing the name in so many references around the internet, which I imagine would be quite difficult.

However; if the goal is to amass a larger following of users and contributors, then I believe we need to concentrate more on making instructions and help more understandable to the average user.

I am probably the least computer literate/savvy user here, even though among my peers, I am thought to be quite computer savvy. I can tell you quite simply that so much of the help and instruction is a struggle for me to even comprehend let alone implement effectively.

Virtually every person that I know who has tried to use FUDForum failed because they could not understand the more technical aspects of it and I believe alleviating that is more important than a name change.

Having said that, I checked most of the names already suggested and found a good many of them already taken as domain/forum versions. So, I registered the Fireflyforum.com, , .net, .org, domain names and if the users decide to use that name, I will donate them to the project and give Frank the transfer codes (I will even pay for the transfer fees, which will give you the domains for two years without cost to the project).

If you decide not to use them, I will simply redirect them to whichever domain the users decide upon (they are currently redirected to http://fudforum.org/forum/ and I will leave them there until a decision is made or the domain registrations expire).

"I'm a Witcher, I solve human problems; not always using a sword!"

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		Change the name By: freephile on Wed, 01 September 2004 04:44
		The name does matter... By: Wild_Cat on Sat, 18 September 2004 22:15
		Re: The name does matter... By: Ilia on Mon, 20 September 2004 20:49
		Re: Change the name By: dataj1998 on Tue, 21 September 2004 08:45
		Re: Change the name By: Wild_Cat on Tue, 28 September 2004 15:50
		Re: Change the name By: ajeffco on Tue, 05 October 2004 03:10
		Re: Change the name By: Ilia on Tue, 05 October 2004 14:52
		Re: Change the name By: ajeffco on Tue, 05 October 2004 15:59
		Re: Change the name By: Wild_Cat on Mon, 01 November 2010 18:17
		Re: Change the name By: naudefj on Wed, 03 November 2010 17:20
		Re: Change the name By: The Witcher on Tue, 09 November 2010 04:24
		Re: Change the name By: jerrys on Sat, 20 November 2010 16:22
		Re: Change the name By: Atomicrun on Sun, 21 November 2010 08:07
		Re: Change the name By: naudefj on Mon, 22 November 2010 02:31
		Re: Change the name By: BAD35th on Mon, 22 November 2010 15:25
		Re: Change the name By: The Witcher on Mon, 22 November 2010 17:55

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