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?
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.
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.
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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?
It was the highest voted domain name by the community http://meta.nothingtoinstall.com/questions/108/what-should-o...
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.
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."
I thought it made sense... well as much as "stackoverflow" does.
Stack Overflow is at least obviously programming-related.
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.
Agreed. Especially when something like WebAppAnswers.com remains unregistered. Selecting good domains is a dying art.
The site is a Q/A forum for web apps.