Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by j_b_f » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 7:55 PM UTC

Nothingtoinstall.com now live
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Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by netmau5 » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 8:32 PM UTC

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place.

For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by spicyj » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 8:44 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

The site is a Q/A forum for web apps.

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by citricsquid » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 8:58 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

I thought it made sense... well as much as "stackoverflow" does.

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by dugmartin » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

I sense a disturbance in the web - millions of sockpuppets being created to ask and then answer the same question of what is the best web app for X.

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by devhn » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 10:11 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

Agreed. Especially when something like WebAppAnswers.com remains unregistered. Selecting good domains is a dying art.

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by ThomPete » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 10:11 PM UTC

It's interesting.

The look and feel of this site is almost too sleek and clean (I say this as a designer)

I like it and all, but it also feels a little hmm soulless?

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by baddox » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 10:37 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

The name is bad. When I first saw the headline here on hn, my first thought was "portable apps" followed by "live linux cd's."

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by brown9-2 » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 11:27 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

webapps.stackexchange.com seems like it would be a better name to me. Not so sure why they'd want to not continue to use subdomains of stackexchange.com.

Re: Nothingtoinstall.com now live

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Post by cobbal » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 11:36 PM UTC

netmau5 wrote: post #2

Maybe I don't get it, but this seems like a truly horrible name. I didn't have an idea of what the site was for from the name and even reading Joel's post left it a little vague. Once I was there, I got a feel for what was going on, but I still don't think I will remember the place. For a site aimed at users, why use a name referring to webapp distribution?

It was the highest voted domain name by the community http://meta.nothingtoinstall.com/questions/108/what-should-o...