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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The only possible way Microsoft can be this bad at naming things is if they are actively doing it on purpose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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:

  • Kablam!
  • Telefenestra
  • Portle
  • Microsoft micro/do