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minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·1 year agoI beg Foss devs to work on their branding. Forgejo? How’s that even pronounced?
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoNGL I would not have assumed that
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoOh yeah I forgot about the Esperanto inspiration!
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoi thought it’s Forge (as in Forget) - Jo (as in Joe)
minus-squareLodra@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThis is an especially tragic case. IMO, Gitea has one of the best names in software.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThere is def stuff that could be better though.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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-21 year 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?