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Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by nerdponx » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

geraldbauer wrote: post #6

FYI: Pluto [1] is an alternative open source feed reader (incl. support for JSON Feed, Microformats, Feed.TXT, and more) [1]: http://feedreader.github.io

Is Tiny Tiny RSS in the same category?

https://tt-rss.org/

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by Nexxxeh » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 5:39 PM UTC

nerdywordy wrote: post #5

jtanza wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surprisingly, I somehow failed to notice this until yesterday. If it becomes an issue, I am not in any way attached to the name - i'd be happy to change it.

I for one really like the name and URL and don't mind the name collision. It's something that is bound to happen. There are a finite number of words, names, and spellings to make use of.

Not really, because it doesn't need to be a real word or an existing name. It could be Rexfus, for example. Even the dot com is available, and as a combination of Rex and Rufus, still dog inspired.

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by Nexxxeh » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 5:40 PM UTC

jtanza wrote: post #7

O_H_E wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better now than later, because the other one is pretty famous open source cross tool. BTW: what does that name mean?

That was me trying to be clever choosing a quintessential dog name, as the application "fetches" the paper (rss feeds) for you :D . I was playing around with the name Rover and a few others for a while as well, but went with Rufus for the cheap .news TLD

Rexfus, a combination of Rex and Rufus, is available (including the dot com) and would be easy to SEO.

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by oliv__ » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

Nexxxeh wrote: post #12

nerdywordy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I for one really like the name and URL and don't mind the name collision. It's something that is bound to happen. There are a finite number of words, names, and spellings to make use of.

Not really, because it doesn't need to be a real word or an existing name. It could be Rexfus, for example. Even the dot com is available, and as a combination of Rex and Rufus, still dog inspired.

That's way harder to pronounce.

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by nukeop » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

jtanza wrote: post #3

nukeop wrote: post #2

Name collision with a popular usb image writer.

Surprisingly, I somehow failed to notice this until yesterday. If it becomes an issue, I am not in any way attached to the name - i'd be happy to change it.

I don't think it's an issue, but it'll be harder for your tool to be at the top of search engine results, so some rebranding might be beneficial for your visibility.

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by nmg » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 7:08 PM UTC

Nexxxeh wrote: post #12

nerdywordy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I for one really like the name and URL and don't mind the name collision. It's something that is bound to happen. There are a finite number of words, names, and spellings to make use of.

Not really, because it doesn't need to be a real word or an existing name. It could be Rexfus, for example. Even the dot com is available, and as a combination of Rex and Rufus, still dog inspired.

Just adjectify it. https://www.whois.com/whois/rufus.ly

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by teddyh » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 7:26 PM UTC

aklemm wrote: post #9

nukeop wrote: post #2

Name collision with a popular usb image writer.

Try "Fido"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by nameSpaceWaste » Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 4:27 AM UTC

Nexxxeh wrote: post #12

nerdywordy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I for one really like the name and URL and don't mind the name collision. It's something that is bound to happen. There are a finite number of words, names, and spellings to make use of.

Not really, because it doesn't need to be a real word or an existing name. It could be Rexfus, for example. Even the dot com is available, and as a combination of Rex and Rufus, still dog inspired.

Rexfus is great!

It receives RSS Feeds, so:

  Rexfus => Receives for us.
  Rexfus => Rx       F   Us
  Rexfus => Rex      Fus
  Rexfus => Rexfus

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by nameSpaceWaste » Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 4:48 AM UTC

jtanza wrote: post #7

O_H_E wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better now than later, because the other one is pretty famous open source cross tool. BTW: what does that name mean?

That was me trying to be clever choosing a quintessential dog name, as the application "fetches" the paper (rss feeds) for you :D . I was playing around with the name Rover and a few others for a while as well, but went with Rufus for the cheap .news TLD

I agree with Nexxxeh; Rexfus is a good choice.

  Rexfus => Receives for us.
  Rexfus => Rx       F   Us
  Rexfus => Rex      Fus
  Rexfus => Rexfus

(Same as comment above -- re-commenting here in lieu of a PM)

Re: Show HN: Rufus – a free, open source RSS reader

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Post by wingerlang » Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 11:54 AM UTC

Nexxxeh wrote: post #13

jtanza wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was me trying to be clever choosing a quintessential dog name, as the application "fetches" the paper (rss feeds) for you :D . I was playing around with the name Rover and a few others for a while as well, but went with Rufus for the cheap .news TLD

Rexfus, a combination of Rex and Rufus, is available (including the dot com) and would be easy to SEO.

Are these names somehow related to each other? Our childhood dogs (RIP) were Rex and Rufus.