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August 27th, 2007
I had an idea that I have been thinking about the last few weeks and today I finally got round to doing some hacking…
I really need a better name for this little project. If you can guess what it is, please help me.
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I had an idea that I have been thinking about the last few weeks and today I finally got round to doing some hacking…
I really need a better name for this little project. If you can guess what it is, please help me.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
How about YAUP? Yet Another Unnamed Project. The YA prefix seems to be ‘hip’ these days…
August 27th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Well, it looks like a GTK theme creation tool. How about GThemer?
August 27th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Agree with Alex about it being a Gtk Theme Designer tool
But I don’t agree about GThemer as it sounds like a theme applier (theme config) tool. I suggest GTD (GThemeDesigner, or GtkThemeDesigner).
You might want to check this out to pick a name from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon#Change_of_color
August 27th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
If you’re looking for a standard plain straightforward, i guess gnome-theme-editor or gtk-theme-editor should do it.
If you think that’s boring, maybe you could try “janome” (www.janome.com), or try another name from the textile/design industry
. janome is kinda cool because it looks/sounds a bit like gnome.
“cagibi” or “garde-robe” sound fun too… just braindumping here
August 27th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
What about Garde-Robe ?
August 27th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
or dress-code ?
August 27th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Judging from the looks of it, gtk-pixmap-theme-editor isn’t too bad…
August 27th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
btw, unless I’m mistaken, borders are ignored if stretch=FALSE so you might want to reflect that in the UI as well
August 27th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Baptiste: “Garde-Robe” sounds good, but may not sounds as good to english natives
tko: gtk-pixmap-theme-editor is describing very well what it is, but sounds really bad.
I like to include the word creator in those kind of application, but you decide.
Anyway, it looks very polished, and seems to be very pleasant to use. It’s a excellent idea!
August 27th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
I vote for garde-robe too! Yay for french conspiracy!
August 27th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Personally, I like “dress-code” since it likens theming to dressing up an interface. I am a native english speaker and I must say that I don’t really understand “Garde-Robe”. Another idea might be “uni-form” since the tool uses a simple one window interface, and dresses up interfaces by applying a uniform to them.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
I suggest “gorgeous”.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
CuttleFish, because cuttlefish can change colors on the fly and replicate complex patterns like a checker board.
Also it would have an awesome icon.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
August 27th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Widget Wonker
August 27th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Maybe Gtkameleon?
But I like “dresscode” a lot.
Good work. Is it gtk-engine-independent?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Gobelin
(as in Gobelin tapestry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobelin)
(but also the french term for goblin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin)
Note that refering to tapestry both conveys the concepts of decoration and of pixmaps. As a bonus, goblins are somewhat related to gnomes …
August 27th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
+1 for Widget Wonker
August 27th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Gobelin !
It’s both :
- a name famous for tapestries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobelin) – which by the way are decorative elements (like a theme) composed of small knits which form an image or a pattern (like a pixmap)
- a slightly gnomish creature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin) – in French and some other languages
August 27th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I vote for Widget Wanker
(hey, be honest, you ‘wank’ stuff into the widgets, right?)
But seriously, I think it should be a short and catchy name. Like “Tiape!” (ie. This Is A Pixmap Editor)
August 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
How about naming it Shiny
“Users like shiny things” ™
August 27th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
What about gpte ? You won’t have to change your window title… ->[]
August 27th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
What about “Artisan”?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
gEngineer if it has to do with creating theme engines.
or maby gWardrobe if it has to do with creating themes.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Geppeto
Sounds somewhat like gpte and has the “crafting” idea.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I think dresscode sounds cool aswell.
Or a fancy commercial sounding name:
Gnome Theming Suite
August 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Really not useful suggestions:
1) foo bar
2) pippo
But seriuosly I like Goblin
August 27th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Widget Wonker FTW!
August 28th, 2007 at 12:01 am
How about ‘Camouflage’?
August 28th, 2007 at 12:34 am
From the suggestions until now I prefer “Gobelin” (not Goblin!), then “Garderobe” or “Dress-Code”.
Gobelin gets bonus points for its double meaning.
And if it really needs to be an English name, what about “Taylor”? Theme designers could add a “Taylor Made” sign next to their themes then…
August 28th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Eh, that should have been “Tailor” instead of “Taylor” of course.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:57 am
@Vasiliy Faronov said: I suggest “gorgeous”.
What about “Gorges” as a play on this? As in “Ithaca is Gorges!”
August 28th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Sheen! Gloss! … Pimlick!
August 28th, 2007 at 3:56 am
How about just “Themer”? I guess it’s simple and bbviously it’s for GTK+ widgets so most likely it will be used in the GNOME platform so no need to add G, GTK+, GNOME, etc…
Also Themer can also be used as a noun-verb: Themer IT!, There’s a bug in Themer, Have you seen Themer?, How about Themer?, Themer’ng, Themer’d, etc…
As for the Theme applier connotation (comment #2), I don’t think it matters once the word gets around
Cheers
August 28th, 2007 at 5:33 am
How about Gucci or Gabana?
August 28th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Clearly it has to be Theme Park.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
What about Pixthed?
August 28th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
To be honest, I don’t care what its called. But I want it! I only ask one thing of you thomas… That when a name is chosen, you publicise it so I can find it and install it.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
GWidgetFactory???
August 29th, 2007 at 12:45 am
thos, i think the best name is ur name, name is Thos or Thomas.
September 9th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
[...] thanks to those who suggested a name for this project. My favourite so far was Neil’s suggestion of “Artisan”. Well [...]
September 9th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I think the name should be easily localisable and “Widget Wanker” sounds like it might come out rude in any language