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[Ben Hest <bombledmonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I'm not getting these emails that JP is replying to that seem to be
> addressing me...
>
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 07:54:02PM +0100, jp charras wrote:
> > Le 02/02/2017 à 19:13, Pedro Martin a écrit :
> > > Hi Chris,
> > >
> > > Beginners solve this issue... reading the manual.
>
> That's not the point. Silly quirks like these give a bad first
> impression. They make people look at our software and think it's
> unprofessional and poorly put together, and then they go use other
> software.
>

>From a user standpoint I've got several technicians getting up to speed on
KiCad and the names have definitely been a point of confusion.  It's
actually been the experienced engineers I've been working with who have
this exact impression.  It's not hard to coach through, but the impression
still remains.



>
> > >
> > > Why not keep the actual names only because JP named them this way?
>
> Why not keep the software originally exactly as JP wrote it in the
> beginning?
>
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Pedro.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Pedro.
> > But the major issue which must be taken in account it not that.
> >
> > Changing names has serious results:
> > * Documentation and all the translations has to be modified.
> > Opinion was asked to devs, to users, but not to doc
> writers/translators,and this is really not fair.
> > * Links on Internet cannot be modified, and there are a lot of hits
> regarding kicad:
> > I really agree Cvpcb is not a good name, but just try "Cvpcb" on Google .
> >
> > Before changing these names you have to  *seriously* think to the
> results.
> > (Think about that not only twice, but 3 times about that)
>
> I don't think "it's hard for us" should ever be a reason not to improve
> the software, only a reason for where it goes in the set of priorities.
>
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> >
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-Ben