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Helium Foot Software develops MercuryMover: Don't let the mouse slow you down! Move and resize windows on your Mac with the keyboard.

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What's not in a Name

Where Keith gets cold (yet light) feet about the name "MyWi"

[MercuryMover]

MyWi (our keyboard controlled window mover and resizer) has been in beta for about two weeks now, and there has been a lot of valid criticism of the name. It's supposed to stand for "My Windows" and i thought that it sounded cute. If anything, it sounds like an accessory for a Nintendo Wii (to some, it didn't even sound like anything.) So let's throw open the gates to the 30(!) people that are reading (or at least have read) this blog. Here are some names that are in the running. Does anyone out there in bloggy land have any opinions?

Quick Size
Prime Mover
Nudge
Quick Mover
WinKey
Window Painless
Light Window
Fleet Window
Glazier (props to Daniel Jalkut)
Glaze (sound familiar?)
Mercury Window
something else???

I haven't yet vetted these names for availability. C'mon, it's almost midnight 8-) .

Posted by kalperin at 23:55 | Comments (0)

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Re: What's not in a Name

Of course I like nudge -- but the name only implies moving and not resizing as well. Hmmm...I'll think about this while flying for the first time tomorrow since my awful summer delays and lost baggage (still lost!).

Posted by: Becca at October 09,2007 22:54

Re: What's not in a Name

I actually like Nudge myself (even though I came up with others). Who cares if it doesn't describe 100% of the functionality (even though you could "nudge" the windows bigger and smaller). It's a way more distinct name, and is infinitely more recognizable amongst all the other Quick-Move-Size-Window named utilities.

Posted by: Peter Baker at October 10,2007 10:07

Nudge

I vote for Nudge too. Memorable and brandable.

Posted by: Paul Robinson at October 11,2007 11:58