Wątek: Should The Name Of This Program Be Changed?

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1 z 28: railwayguy

According to a forum thread, which Pajper started in the Polish community, Pajper is asking himself the question whether the name "Elten" should remain or not. Here is what he wrote:
"The name Elten is not very well associated. For the name belongs to a German company producing shoes ... It's not that much of a problem, but it could lead to some kind of confusion and the Web address might also be a trivial problem. The elten-net.eu Web site is not bad, ... but might be somewhat difficult and strange. At the same time, both at the time between establishing the program and today, sites such as: elten.com, elten.net, and elten.org were already occupied.
"Each of these arguments may be small, but when I add them together, I start thinking about the matter quite seriously.

"The biggest disadvantage is attachment to the name. Somehow this has become common in consciousness."

So it might be a good topic for discussion. So what's your opinion.

08.06.2020 18:41

2 z 28: queenslight

To make the community well known to this network (regardless of where they are from), I do feel that Elten does need a name change.

The trick though, is finding a common name that relates to any language.
A name for unity, friendship, inspiration.

Trenton, the Queen's Light! http://trentonmatthews.com
08.06.2020 20:34

3 z 28: Monkey999

I think Elten is a good name.
And that, is why you shouldn't do this.
09.06.2020 21:18

4 z 28: Louisa

I think a name change would be a good idea, in order to avoid the confusion talked about in the first post. I can't think of anything at the moment though. It should be something that is memorable and attractive, and won't cause any confusion with anything else.

09.06.2020 21:29

5 z 28: electro

I think that a name change will be possible, however I really don't know what I call it.
The techno to the techno to the tech tech techno...
10.06.2020 09:49

6 z 28: railwayguy

Also, should there ever come a name change, we all may have to replace the name "Elten" by eventually the new name in all the forum posts, wherever it is found: quite a job, if you ask me.

10.06.2020 16:52

7 z 28: hozosch

Yes, indeed.

10.06.2020 20:45

8 z 28: radio729

I think Elten's name should be changed but I can't think of any to call it. Is it possible that it could be renamed to Klango? Or is that name still being used?

10.06.2020 21:42

9 z 28: railwayguy

It's not used but the Klango Web site is still up. For what reason, I don't know; and as long as it is still up, Simplito won't allow someone else to use this name. Other than that, it would be nice if we could call this Klango again.

10.06.2020 21:45

10 z 28: balteam

This is Elten, not Klango.
Do you want to call a telegram, whatsapp?
This is a different project.
Zapraszam osoby posiadające piesy, lub chcące je posiadać, do dołączenia do grupy o psach przewodnikach.
11.06.2020 09:31

11 z 28: Louisa

Elten and klango did/do similar things, so there is nothing wrong with calling it that in my view. There are so many chat systems around that do similar things. I was wondering if the name chat hub could be a good idea?

12.06.2020 23:51

12 z 28: queenslight

ChatHub eh?


I like that!

Trenton, the Queen's Light! http://trentonmatthews.com
14.06.2020 05:30

13 z 28: balteam

Ok, so we can named messenger, whatsapp.
We have a lot of programms which are similar, but they are different from each other.
Now Elten has more options than Klango, even interface is a little different.
And what's more, people who created Klango, didn't create Elten.
Noone wants to call all browsers "google chrome" :D
Zapraszam osoby posiadające piesy, lub chcące je posiadać, do dołączenia do grupy o psach przewodnikach.
14.06.2020 12:47

14 z 28: electro

Well, chatHub to me is interesting.
The techno to the techno to the tech tech techno...
14.06.2020 15:04

15 z 28: Louisa

Names can also be nostelgic, which was probably why klango was mentioned in the first place. In any case we'll see what new name will be decided. These are only suggestions after all.

14.06.2020 23:12

16 z 28: queenslight

For those wondering, the name Elten is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Elton is "Ella's town".
Place name from England and transferred use of the surname, from Ella tûn.
Singer Elton John adopted the name in honor of saxophonist Elton Dean.

Source:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Elton#:~:text=Elton%20%E2%96%BC%20as%20a%20boys%27%20name%20is%20pronounced,and%20the%20meaning%20of%20Elton%20is%20%22Ella%27s%20town%22.
Trenton, the Queen's Light! http://trentonmatthews.com
19.07.2020 01:44

17 z 28: hozosch

Yeah, but it's Elton, not Elten.

19.07.2020 12:57

18 z 28: thespyde

Besides, it was already explained about the German shoe company being the origin of the name.
Charles Wells
19.07.2020 16:57

19 z 28: bomberman29

yes. i know what to change! it must be elton, with letter o. like elton john!
my github: https://github.com/denizsincar29
19.07.2020 19:51

20 z 28: Marin

I don't think that a name change is a bad idea. If there are/were other organizations/companies out there using the name Elten, then a name change might be good to preserve the unique feel of the program. You would probably want something unique, but which would also grab people's attention. You would also probably want something that others hadn't come up with, something, shall we say, creative. I don't know what it could be, but probably something simple, that everyone would understand, yet different, unique. As previous posts said, using a name similar to another chat program, for example messenger, isn't quite what you'd want.

18.02.2021 16:37