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1. 

   simon
   PN Developer

   If you could rename Programmer's Notepad (to something shorter and more catchy), what would you call it?

   All suggestions welcome!

   p.s. but be nice!

   Posted 4 years ago #
2. 

   miechu
   Member

   let's think about what other companies/projects came up with... JavaFX... hmm.. NotepadFX? lame... Silverlight... nice, but how do you apply it to notepad? SilverNotepad? NotepadLight? Silverlight notepad? lame... Vista? too lame... ;) SourceForge? notepadForge? nForge? nSource? hmmm... naaaaaaw... GTnote? lame.. ++notepad? :> notepad# :D or maybe something new, more script-like... $notepad.. ;)

   Npad? pPad? xPad? xNotepad? xxxNotepad? :D or maybe something that don't have notepad in the name? like... SteelFusion? or maybe... SteelCube? or... SilverCube? or VgN? (Very Good Notepad)or... Nfp (notepad for programmers) or... snFp (Steel Notepad For Programmers) or... nSilk...

   ok... i'm done for now... let's hear what others has to say...

   Posted 4 years ago #
3. 

   dmaphy
   Member

   Maybe "ProgPad" is an idea ;) But i liked "Programmers Notepad" at all :)

   Posted 4 years ago #
4. 

   Ugot2BkidNme
   Member

   Go Go Gadget Pad...

   One Pad to Rule them all OPTRTA

   One Editor to Rule them All OETRTA

   alpha-omega A-? editor You could use snazzy Unicode characters ;)

   Crash-Pad (kidding)

   hmm time for beer.. Beer Pad.....

   Posted 4 years ago #
5. 

   Ugot2BkidNme
   Member

   Your forum doesn't support Unicode? Ouch :(

   Posted 4 years ago #
6. 

   malsup
   Member

   > Beer Pad.....

   :-)

   Posted 4 years ago #
7. 

   drivebymaster
   Member

   LoadedNote
   iProgram
   SilverNote

   PNINP = Programmers Notepad Is Not PNINP

   pNote++

   Thats the best I can do right now :(....

   Posted 4 years ago #
8. 

   Sam
   Member

   YAPN/E (Yet Another Programmers Notepad/Editor)

   Posted 4 years ago #
9. 

   jumpfroggy
   Member

   Unipad
   Nemo
   I like xPad (as generic and trendy as it is)
   Maybe a play on simon / simon-says
   Notepad GT (hah, car humor)
   FooEdit
   Edut
   Redux
   Could go with animals (ie. Thundebird, Firefox, Panda AV, ClamAV)
   Word Pad Text Edit Editor Programmer Dev Developer Design Type Write

   "Programmer's Notepad" always sounded a little late-90's to me, plus it's confusing between "Programmer's Notepad" and "Programmers Notepad". Last, it could be shorter. Don't get me wrong, I like it a whole lot more than Notepad++ or similar names; it has a lot of character.

   -1 for iAnything, anything++, or unpronounceable acronyms.

   Posted 4 years ago #
10. 

    miechu
    Member

    hmmm... i was thinking lately... and my proposition is...

    blah

    second one is:

    doh

    so... what do you think? :D

    Posted 4 years ago #
11. 

    simon
    PN Developer

    Some nice suggestions so far, I particularly like:

    Nemo
    xPad
    Redux

    so far. I agree with jumpfroggy in that the current name is a bit old hat and causes people grammatical "issues"! I also would like a shorter and perhaps less generic name.

    Finally, definitely no use of symbols or iAnything.

    Posted 4 years ago #
12. 

    GraemeF
    Member

    PeanutPad!

    If you need any other dilemmas resolving just give me a shout :P

    Posted 4 years ago #
13. 

    kevin
    Member

    I think Programmer's Notepad is perfect. It states its function right in the title. But if you're to shorten it, why not just shorten it to pNotepad? You already have the domain :)

    Posted 4 years ago #
14. 

    tiojoca
    Member

    I actually kind of like the PeanutPad pun, though I like pNotepad better. You could say the pronunciation is PeanutPad and/or have a peanut on the application logo/icon.

    Also keen on the Redux and UniPad names.

    Other suggestions:

    Flex
    Paddie
    Padall
    Mopad

    Posted 4 years ago #
15. 

    tiojoca
    Member

    Just remembered Flex is obviously taken: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/

    Posted 4 years ago #
16. 

    dmaphy
    Member

    
    I actually kind of like the PeanutPad pun, though I like pNotepad better. You could say the pronunciation is PeanutPad and/or have a peanut on the application logo/icon.
    

    I like this idea :)

    Posted 4 years ago #
17. 

    JDA
    Member

    Don't change the name remember Inprise Borland, Prince Symbol. Who out sells Pink Floyd or Roger Waters. The is a lot of power and goodwill in a name. The movies keep the same name Rocky VI?, Mission Impossible 2, the Matrix Reloaded? they added another name to the sequel. Programmers Notepad the notepad for non programmers too.

    Posted 4 years ago #
18. 

    tiojoca
    Member

    This is not necessarily always the case. Gaim is now called Pidgin, and is as popular as ever (it looks better too). Most MSN products are now called Live. Google's also made quite a few name changes with no apparent success loss. Before F3 was called JavaFX, there was hardly the buzz there is now about it. Same goes for AB5k and Glossitope. Even Java was originally called Oak (they didn't stick to it because there was already another language with that name).

    I'd say movie sequels are difficult to compare as they're not exactly the same product maintaining a the same name but a whole new product as sequence of another. And they just keep part of the name, as a way to make it easier to establish a connection between the different movies. Still, it's common for them to have a more specific subtitle (like in "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi"), and some trilogies even have completely different names for all movies like "Amores Perros", "21 Grams" and "Babel".

    The other examples you gave are all about products that were already big when they changed the name (though I'd agree that changing a name to a symbol, doesn't seem like a good idea ever, if you want people to reference you in a logical sentence :) ). I think the popularity of the application that we now know (and love) as Programmer's Notepad is still very much short of its full potential.

    A smaller, apostrophe-less name would likely make it simpler to search for PN and spread the word. Especially if it's as yummy as pNotepad (p?'n?t'p?d) :).

    Posted 4 years ago #
19. 

    chickenkiller
    Member

    I would really go for pNotepad, since:

    - the domain name is already here (not a big issue, but anyway...)
    - I'm already used to Programmer's Notepad, so dump people like me can think 'oh yeah, it's the same program, just the name has changed' lol
    - it sounds just great (like PeanutNotepad, without the Nut... because it does not get you nuts.)

    I'm afraid my humour only affects myself so I stop here...

    But definitely: pNotepad.

    cheers - Lionel

    Posted 4 years ago #
20. 

    Sam
    Member

    xPad is already taken (although it is a MacOSX editor) as is Xpad (a sticky note app built on GTK+).

    I like the name as it is (apart from being unsure is it is Programmer's or Programmers), so pNotepad seems like a good option.

    Maybe use a non-English word (or base the new name on one or more words)?

    Blocchetto (Italian)
    Yoteibunsho (Japanese, sort of)

    (I am no linguist, I just looked up words on various translation sites and making up random words)

    Posted 4 years ago #

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