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I agree with Christian. I know Canonical will be considering Marlin for
12.10, and I think it will be good if the name is distinctive. 'Files' or
'Briefcase' is the opposite of distinctive; Files is also being used as a
name by Gnome Shell (for Nautilus), and remember briefcases from Windows
9x? It's fine if you use 'Files' for the application as you use 'Terminal'
for Pantheon Terminal, but the name itself should be unique.

On 8 May 2012 03:24, Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think "Files" is a fine name; it's not made to be a particularly
> cross-platform app, and any time in doubt you could call it by it's more
> specific name, "Pantheon Files." Similar to how "Terminal" is really
> "Pantheon Terminal." But in this case I think naming it what the user would
> expect is more advantageous than the potential branding opportunity.
>
> In fact, it could even be a bigger "branding" opportunity; imagine if
> Ubuntu moved from Nautilus to Pantheon Files! It'd be the best of both
> worlds because developers would hear about Pantheon while users would get a
> more sensible name.
>
> Regards,
> Cassidy James
>
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> He's been non-responsive about our attempts to use the LP project. My
>> guess is that he'd be genuinely opposed to us continuing with the name.
>>
>> I do think that Marlin is kind of a silly name that won't make sense to
>> anyone who isn't a big geek about Linux File Managers :p
>>
>> Not terribly concerned with promoting outside of elementary though, tbh.
>> You know me :p
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Is it no option to stick to Marlin, and actually continue it in honor of
>>> its original author? am may have lost interest, but it's still a great
>>> project he put in place there. Unless he is in fact opposed to that.
>>>
>>> I think "Files" is a bad name. It may make sense to display in the UI,
>>> but it's a mess when you want to actually discuss Mail, Files, Session
>>> and Launcher - you get the idea. Not to mention it's impossible to
>>> promote outside of Elementary.
>>>
>>> On 07.05.2012 12:28, Allen Lowe wrote:
>>> > I honestly think "File Cabinet" might be a good name.
>>> >
>>> > Allen Lowe
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andre Luis dos Santos
>>> > <dominiosantos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> I agree with the taking back the code, but I think that rebranding it
>>> to
>>> >> something as generic as "Files" will de-brand the project completaly.
>>> >> Personally I think generic names (like "dock", "files", "music") are
>>> mad for
>>> >> applications. The most important parts of Pantheon have a unique
>>> brand:
>>> >> wingpanel, plank, switchboard, noise (UGH!), slingshot, etc.... The
>>> only app
>>> >> that does not have a so unique brand is Pantheon Terminal. Why debrand
>>> >> Marlin like that? Why don't we proprose and vote on a unique name?
>>> Why don't
>>> >> we just rename it to Tunafish? (ok, I'm joking here!)
>>> >>
>>> >> Just my opinion.
>>> >>
>>> >> Best regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> Andre Santos
>>> >>
>>> >> On 06-05-2012 21:30, Daniel Foré wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hey guys,
>>> >>
>>> >> as I'm sure you're well aware, am monkey has decided to stop working
>>> on
>>> >> Marlin. As you may also be aware, I asked him if we could have the LP
>>> >> project back. He never responded. So we decided that we're not waiting
>>> >> anymore, we're just gonna take it back finally.
>>> >>
>>> >> https://code.launchpad.net/pantheon-files
>>> >>
>>> >> So boom there we go. We took it back.
>>> >>
>>> >> Best Regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> Daniel Foré
>>> >>
>>> >> elementaryos.org
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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