RE: [wtp-pmc] [ANN] ATF project new name search: final voting round star

["Philippe Ombredanne" <pombredanne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lawrence Mandel wrote:
>I'm sure I missed the point of renaming the project now that at least 
>some people know what ATF is (I've spoken about it at conferences and in
classes)
Well the rational is that many find it confusing and heavy. First having
Toolkit and Framework in the name at the same time is heavy. Then many folks
can easily mistake it for an Ajax framework, which it is not, and the same
is confusing as it seesm it is similar to Rap, we know it is not.
 
>but thought I'd comment on some of the names below. 
>(I did vote - in case you're interested my vote is to keep ATF or change to
ATP.) 
Thanks!

>RIAF = Rich Internet Application Framework
>RWAF - Rich Web Application Framework 
>I don't think either of these capture what the project is about and will
cause confusion with RAP 

agreed, they have been suggested and recived quite a few votes. I do not
like them, but people are confused by the project name, and think this is an
ajax framework.


>WBT = Web browser tools
>WCDT = Web Client Development Tools.
>WCT = Web Client Tools 
>I think all of these again don't capture what the project is about. It's
not about Web client or Web browser tools. 
>It's about Javascript and Ajax, right? Plus, I think all of these will
cause confusion with Web Tools Platform (WTP). 
Actually those imho capture quite well what the project is about today.
The core is really tools built around an embedded web browser: debugging,
dom inspection, etc. This is really the common thread IMHO.
The JSDT JavaScript editor is now incubating in WST and may be part of WTP
3.0 afaik.
So the substance left --now that JSDT is in WST, that the Xulrunner core
embedding is in SWT 33 and up, and that "personalities" have been deprecated
--is xulrunner-based tools, as well as support for managing ajax/javascript
libraries.
Note I do not like those too much either as they very undescriptive, and
very search engine un-friendly as too generic.


>YAAP = Yet Another Ajax Project 
>Is this really an option? 
Hey, why not? but I do not like it either.

Lawrence Mandel

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IBM Rational Software
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Subject[wtp-pmc] [ANN] ATF project new name search: final voting round
starts- PLEASE VOTE ...
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZJf2JR8oQGk3R0yLdbrRzQ_3d_3d







After a first pass and over 50 responses to the survey, we have a crop of
good potential names for a final ballot:
I am making a new survey to select the winners:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZJf2JR8oQGk3R0yLdbrRzQ_3d_3d

Note that this is not a normal vote.
The committers WILL HAVE final say and their votes count much more than
those of common mortals.

This is what I call algebraic democracy :-)

And the Eclipse foundation has also its word in the game as they like to
have names that can be trademarked or are clear of trademarks.

I personally like JADE, TOAD, WBT, and Salamis, with Toad and Salamis
yielding obviously fun project logos.
I thought for sec about the (meta style) Ajax Tools Tools (ATT) but that is
surely trademarked and no one picked it.

The names that made the final round are:
ADT = Ajax development Tools
AIDE = Ajax IDE
ASIF = Ajax and Scripting Integration Framework
ATF = keep it . it is better than any of the others
ATP = AJAX Tools Platform
AWDT = Ajax, Web and DHTML toolsW2T = web 2.0 tools
CAFE = Common Ajax Framework for Eclipse
CAT = Common Ajax Toolkit
EJAX = Eclipse aJAX
FAT = Framework for Ajax Tooling
JADE = JavaScript Ajax DHTML Environment
JSDDT = JavaScript and Dom Development Tools
RIAF = Rich Internet Application Framework
RWAF - Rich Web Application Framework
Salamis = The kingdom of Ajax
TAD = Tools for Ajax Development
TOAD = Tools Of Ajax Development
WBT = Web browser tools
WCDT = Web Client Development Tools.
WCT = Web Client Tools
YAAP = Yet Another Ajax Project


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Cheers
Philippe
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