"Dr. Bantham";p="16335" wrote:I agree that a name change is in order, but KisMod?
Seriously, the last thing I want to do is offend those that work so hard on this project for the benefit of the community, but this new name does not work for me at all. From a marketability perspective, it seems to fall far short of the mark. It sounds cute and fails to instill confidence.
Besides, the past strength of IntegraMOD was the vast amount of modifications which were integrated. The "Keep It Simple" concept is to strip down things to the essentials as a sacrifice for maintaining ease of use and reliability. Though maintaining the latter two concepts is a great idea, it is still important to note that the pre-mod concept is to build upon the phpBB core with collection of feature-laden mods, not strip things down. It is a total contradiction, in my mind.
There is also the fact that it will no doubt lead to confusion with the Kiss Portal project, which was clearly defined as a separate development. Sure, turning mods on and off from the ACP would certainly make the process simple, but it still does not quite fit. Besides, even if the two projects merge it will still be waaay down the line.
Again, I am grateful for all of the hard work, but I can not help but voice my opinion on what I believe to be a poor name choice.
What is in name?
I couldn't agree more. Took the words right out of my mouth.
From a marketability standpoint, KisMod sounds like a grade 1 school project. It's one syllable and one letter away from KidMod. In what's going to be groing competition in the next 5 years for projects like phpNuke, vBanced, IntegraMOD and others, you can't have a name that sounds like
kiddieMod..
This is why in companies like the one I work for, devs are a seperate division from marketing, which is not to suggest that devs can't market, but devs are best at developing, not marketing. And it is a well known fact, that often times devs favor ease of code over ease of use, even if easier code doesn't suit the user.
I agree with dr bantam, that the whole concept of this project and why people have flocked here is to have integrated modifications out of the box, not a stripped down version, that they have to wait about a year for only one person who knows the system to develop.
And when you say "Keep It Simple", my question is "keep what simple"?? KISportal actually makes it
harder for me in terms of having to wait for and add mods as compared to their being available right out of the box. It's eliminates user error when the mods are already installed.
I do like the concept of being able to detatch mods, but not at the sake of a weak name, and not at the sake of having to wait for something
to detatch.
Now of course devs can point the fingers at users and say "you're not being considerate of what it takes to develop", while users can say "you're not being considerate of what it takes to use". where in this case both are right, but the devs stand more to lose if people chose something else.
Thats what drives competition in the free-market. As long as the customer has options, then its up to the provider to satisfy the customer with the options that the customer wants, which is always ease of use. And if the customer says, he doesn't want something called KISMod then you have to go the route of the customer.
At least in this case give it a stronger name. Something with emphasis and which scales into the future, and which gives a lasting impression just by the name.
I had suggested eVolver 1.0, but hold a poll. Let the community name it.
But kissmod, that doesn't sound too strong. It sounds like one of those scripts you see on hot-scripts, that when you click the screen you're taken to a redirect of a site that don't exist anymore. One of those scripts that be way back on page 15 of the search list or the one that don't have a box with it.
When people look at my footer, I want them to see something strong down there. something highpowered, something that sounds commercial, something that sounds like its worth a thousand dollars.
kisKiddieKicktheKittyMOD doesn't have any ring to it. There's no effect in the name.
But awesome project though. I'll give it that. Great work.
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:20 pm
