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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Telefenestra

Is that where you defenestrate somebody remotely?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Lol not as original as I thought!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago