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minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·7 months agoI beg Foss devs to work on their branding. Forgejo? How’s that even pronounced?
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoNGL I would not have assumed that
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoI’ve been doing so many German lessons, I just say what I see. But it’s confirmed on the FAQ Where does the name come from? Forgejo (pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is inspired by forĝejo, the Esperanto word for forge.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoOh yeah I forgot about the Esperanto inspiration!
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 months agoi thought it’s Forge (as in Forget) - Jo (as in Joe)
minus-squareLodra@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoThis is an especially tragic case. IMO, Gitea has one of the best names in software.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThey have a pronunciation guide in their FAQ on the website. There is no branding that would be obvious/intuitive to everyone
minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThere is def stuff that could be better though.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoThere is no better. Maybe they pick a name that’s more intuitive for you, but it’d be less intuitive for someone else.
minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoDo you believe that there can be no such thing as good or bad branding? Do you think that design work has no value?
I beg Foss devs to work on their branding. Forgejo? How’s that even pronounced?
Forge-yo
NGL I would not have assumed that
I’ve been doing so many German lessons, I just say what I see. But it’s confirmed on the FAQ
Oh yeah I forgot about the Esperanto inspiration!
i thought it’s Forge (as in Forget) - Jo (as in Joe)
Nein
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/forˈd͡ʒe.jo/
This is an especially tragic case. IMO, Gitea has one of the best names in software.
I think it sounds cool 🤷
They have a pronunciation guide in their FAQ on the website. There is no branding that would be obvious/intuitive to everyone
There is def stuff that could be better though.
There is no better. Maybe they pick a name that’s more intuitive for you, but it’d be less intuitive for someone else.
Do you believe that there can be no such thing as good or bad branding? Do you think that design work has no value?