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Posted: 25 Nov 2005 17:23
by admin
CyGho wrote:With a little fantasy you can say that it will cover your disk totaly on the "x and y" coordinates :) And XY looks good indead. Maybe play something with capitals: XYplorer. Yep
Coordinates... yeah :)

I also think XYplorer/Xyplorer is not too hard to remember, neighboring letters... plus the old plorer. (By the way: the etymologic lexicon says that the "plore" in explore originally referred to hunting cries!)

I still like iksplorer and yxplorer as well, but they don't work in the auditive channel.

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 17:29
by CyGho
I don't like iksplorer that mutch. yxplorer "seems" a little easyer on the eyes 8) . But if i had to choose, i'd go for XYplorer.
But that's just me....

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 17:35
by admin
CyGho wrote:But if i had to choose, i'd go for XYplorer.
How would you pronounce it when you are forced to say it aloud?

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 17:43
by CyGho
Donno if it's good english fonetic but in dutch it would be ksaiplorer.

(it's dinnertime here so i'm gonna eat :idea: )

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 17:52
by admin
CyGho wrote:Donno if it's good english fonetic but in dutch it would be ksaiplorer.
In German ksiplorer or ksüplorer.

If asked for the "official" pronounciation I would say: [ksiplorer]. English speakers think "sexyplorer" to get the sound right :wink:

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 21:33
by admin
Case closed. Update your bookmarks. Content will follow tomorrow...

http://www.xyplorer.com/

:D

Posted: 26 Nov 2005 00:00
by CyGho
Congratulations, Donald :) Gonna update my site tomorrow.

Posted: 26 Nov 2005 07:30
by Gandolf
If it's not too late, I think XYplorer rather than Xyplorer, don't forget there is already an XPlorer & xplorer² (these have already been confused). I also think it makes it sound better (at least in English). XYplorer rather forces me to say X Y plorer where as Xyplorer I would pronounce as ziplorer.

I see the new web site is up and running.

Posted: 26 Nov 2005 08:21
by admin
Gandolf wrote:If it's not too late, I think XYplorer rather than Xyplorer, don't forget there is already an XPlorer & xplorer² (these have already been confused). I also think it makes it sound better (at least in English). XYplorer rather forces me to say X Y plorer where as Xyplorer I would pronounce as ziplorer.
Absolutely! As you see on http://www.xyplorer.com/ I'm already focusing on the XY. Last not least XY are also the male chromosomes... :wink:

So it's gonna be XYplorer (friends just call it XY). And nobody will confuse it because it's the only file manager with a big Y ("Why"? :lol: )!

Posted: 01 Dec 2005 01:47
by zeep
Congrats on the namechange admin. Just noticed it when i visited after a while. Next time you need something in Papiamento, ask me. ;) I speak it pretty ok.

Name change & Registration

Posted: 23 Dec 2005 12:26
by RalphM
Hi Donald

Just made myself and you an x-mas present and finally registered my copy of XYplorer.

There's still the name TrackerV3 in the mail with the license code:
Thanks for using TrackerV3.
Thanks for the good work so far, keep going.

Wishing you a merry X-mas.

Re: Name change & Registration

Posted: 23 Dec 2005 21:17
by admin
RalphM wrote:Just made myself and you an x-mas present and finally registered my copy of XYplorer.
Merci! :D