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Find application a new name

Open end2endzone opened this issue 6 years ago • 3 comments

Proposed new names:

  • Context Menu Composer.
  • Action Menu Composer
  • Shell Action Composer

Alternatives: Top XX best editor "category":

  • https://blogs.systweak.com/best-context-menu-editors-for-windows/
  • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/remove-click-context-menu-items-editors
  • https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-context-menu-editors/

Actual software:

  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/contextmenushel/
  • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-customizer
  • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/right-click-context-menu-extender-for-windows-7-released
  • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/context-menu-editor-for-windows-7-vista-released
  • http://www.sordum.org/7615/easy-context-menu-v1-6/
  • http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/BlueLife-ContextMenu.shtml
  • http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/MenuMaid.shtml
  • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloading-context-menu-editor
  • https://winaero.com/download.php?view.62
  • http://www.door2windows.com/ultimate-windows-context-menu-customizer-customize-context-menu-in-windows-xp-vista-7/
  • https://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/download/filemenu-tools
  • http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/ContextEdit.shtml

end2endzone avatar Aug 01 '19 17:08 end2endzone

Maybe:

  • Context Buddy
  • Context Menu Extender (ContExtender, ContExtend, ContExt, ContE)
  • Shell Action Extender (ShellExtender, ShellExtend, ShellExt, ShellE)

GasDauMin avatar Jul 03 '20 19:07 GasDauMin

The names from file library_names.txt :

  • ShellAnything
  • ShellIt
  • ShellExView
  • Shell Extension Warehouse
  • Shell Extension Depot
  • ShellExBin
  • ShellExMill
  • ShellForge
  • Shell Extension Composer
  • FileExplorer Forge
  • FileExplorer Composer

Other names...

  • Extension Composer
  • Explorer Extension Depot
  • Action Menu Catalog

Edit: The file library_names.txt was deleted in 35b5d30511e8c51daa4814a62b7be84863f66ec4.

end2endzone avatar Aug 08 '20 13:08 end2endzone

I like "Context Buddy" and "Context Menu Composer".

I am not certain if I should change the name of the application anymore. At the time I wrote the issue, the project was pretty much unknown. I also had almost no download and no stars. I though that a better "catchy" name would make the application sound better. Now, looking at the project statistics, the project starts to have more users and changing the name of the application might hurt more than dooing good.

Changing the name would have the following impact:

  • The configuration directory would have to be changed from %USERPROFILE%\ShellAnything to something else. This would require an 'update' feature in the code that would migrate existing configurations to the new directory.
  • The github url of the project will have to change. People links, favorites/bookmark will have to be updated. People that already uses ShellAnything might loose track of the project.
  • All references to ShellAnything in the code would have to be changed.

Edit: It seems that if I rename the repository, Github automatically create a redirection to the new repository when users browse to https://github.com/end2endzone/ShellAnything. But still...

end2endzone avatar Aug 08 '20 13:08 end2endzone