Thank you, Ben! As to the money, revenue source is the affiliation with domain registrars (GoDaddy, etc).
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This feature is going be implemented soon. Stay tuned!
Thanks for pointing this out. Iceweasel browser made the font a little bigger than expected. I will try to fix that.
Thank you, Dave!
Thanks for pointing this out!
akamaka, which browser do you use?
Thanks for your suggestion, Dave!
Thank you, Scott, this is a great idea! I like it, and I'm going to think on it.
Added a short list of major improvements. Thanks!
Wordoid.com is a webapp that helps you come up with a catchy name for your product, company or domain.
It makes up new words that are unlikely to appear in a dictionary. It knows how to create words in several languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian at the moment. It is even able to create words in imaginary "languages", constructed by blending two or more real languages together.
I would appreciate your feedback!
P.S. This is the second time I would like to ask you to review wordoid.com here at HN.
The first review, located at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=621855, gave me lots of ideas and suggestions, that I believe made the webapp a little better:
1) The user interface got an overhaul and became much more user-friendly.
2) Domain availability checks are more precise now, and .net domain check is added.
3) The webapp works faster now.
Thanks go to JunkDNA, matt1, nwjsmith, oskarpearson, pierrefar, philh, papa, yummyfajitas,and all the other guys who posted their comments.
Thank you for your extensive feedback, JunkDNA! I will take your suggestions into account while making the webapp better.
Wordoid.com checks domain availability by querying a DNS server. This is not completely accurate, since some domains don't have DNS records. The right way is to query a whois server. That's tough, because i don't know of any whois servers that would allow me send bulk queries.
I use it to show that no language is selected and avoid boring error messages. But may be I will add Klingon some day...
They really are! I personally like the combination of French and Spanish in "Almost Natural" mode.
The website received about 3500 visitors during 12 hours after I posted this review request here on HN. Thank you guys! Thanks HN! It has been way more than I expected!
There's a bottleneck somewhere in the algorithm that creates wordoids. That's why wordoid.com is irresponsive sometimes. The webserver and the database seem to run smoothly.
I plan to add more languages (including Russian) when all the critical issues are settled.
Currently the number of pages is virtually unlimited.
Well, it appears that the sidebar is confusing and non user-friendly. I will work on this more.
I agree, the interface is not perfect now, but it will get better over time.
Thanks for pointing this out! I should have checked it twice...
Good point! Thanks for the suggestion, i will fix that.
ironkeith, this most likely is a HN effect (luckily? :) The webapp has been developed with performance in mind, however I've already noticed some glitches to fix.
tripngroove, could you please elaborate more on this?
Thank you for the idea! I like it. Added to my todo list.
Thank you for the link!
yummyfajitas, this feature is on my task list. There will be either a combobox or a small window with registar suggestions.
I'm happy you like it!
It does.
Wordoid.com is a webapp that helps you come up with a catchy name for your product, company or domain.
It makes up new words that are unlikely to appear in a dictionary. It knows how to create words in several languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian at the moment. It is even able to create words in imaginary "languages", constructed by blending two or more real languages together.
I would appreciate your feedback!
Long live Rapira!