flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1imageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoBut the acronym totally destroys the understandability of the program name and instead is understood as “an unpleasant or stupid person” (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp). If you look at similar commercial software you get names like MS Paint, Photoshop or Lightroom. They should have stuck with “GNU Image”, “GNU Photo” or maybe “GNU PhotoEdit”.
minus-squareJesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWhen I teach old people how to use GIMP, we all laugh at the name, I explain what it stands for, and then they don’t forget it.
But the acronym totally destroys the understandability of the program name and instead is understood as “an unpleasant or stupid person” (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp).
If you look at similar commercial software you get names like MS Paint, Photoshop or Lightroom.
They should have stuck with “GNU Image”, “GNU Photo” or maybe “GNU PhotoEdit”.
When I teach old people how to use GIMP, we all laugh at the name, I explain what it stands for, and then they don’t forget it.