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by j_b_f • 16 years ago

34 13 16 years ago

netmau5• 16 years ago

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?

spicyj• 16 years ago

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

citricsquid• 16 years ago

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

plorkyeran• 16 years ago

Stack Overflow is at least obviously programming-related.

devhn• 16 years ago

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

baddox• 16 years ago

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."

brown9-2• 16 years ago

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.

cobbal• 16 years ago

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

duck• 16 years ago

All the politicians in office right now were the highest voted, but that doesn't mean they are good. I didn't click on on the referenced link as I don't even want to know what was second worse.

dugmartin• 16 years ago

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.

jp• 16 years ago

So this is like Digg ?

ThomPete• 16 years ago

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?

balakk• 16 years ago

Grey-washed.

Looks like a Windows 95 application.

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