return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoMicrosoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows appsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down18
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows appsarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 hours agoThe only possible way Microsoft can be this bad at naming things is if they are actively doing it on purpose.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 minutes agoHow can they expect regular people to remember what the Windows app does? It would seriously be better to pick a word at random than to overload the meaning of “Windows” again. Here are some way better names right off the top of my head: Kablam! Telefenestra Portle Microsoft micro/do
The only possible way Microsoft can be this bad at naming things is if they are actively doing it on purpose.
How can they expect regular people to remember what the Windows app does? It would seriously be better to pick a word at random than to overload the meaning of “Windows” again.
Here are some way better names right off the top of my head: