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by mlevental 2452 days ago
people bring this kind of thing up in every thread as if it's a useful comment for either the reader or the poster (presumably project author). it's almost as common as "this page sucks on mobile".

who cares? we all know how to use Google by now to narrow results by adding qualifying keywords to the query; it's not like I'm just going to search "rx" or even "rx rust" when I'm looking for this project (probably "rx rust pixel"). it's a complete non-issue.
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nonconvergent 2452 days ago
I care. Also it's a potential legal issue for any given project if there's a registered trademark involved.

Plus first result for "rx rust" lead me to https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxRust

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johnisgood 2452 days ago
> Also it's a potential legal issue for any given project if there's a registered trademark involved.

At some point we will have to generate random strings for the name of our projects because all the "good" (or even "bad") ones are taken. :P

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nonconvergent 2452 days ago
Already a thing: https://namelix.com/app/?keywords=poop+scoop

Highlights for a "poop+scoop" related startup include: Flingo, Trash.ly, Fastpoop, Stinkere, Guunk, and Spoop

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Waterluvian 2452 days ago
I'm surprised it didn't come up with Scoopr.
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mlevental 2452 days ago
>probably "rx rust pixel"

https://www.google.com/search?q=rx+rust+pixel&oq=rx+rust

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nonconvergent 2452 days ago
Let's keep in mind that this is an end user application for pixel artwork. You and I might care that it's Rust. End Users will not. It could be written in Malbolge or BF for all an end user cares about.

Namespace collision is gonna be a pain for end users and newcomers, possibly depressing discovery, which is our point.

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njharman 2452 days ago
Why would you image an author would not care that their page "suck on mobile". If they are posting/sharing their stuff, they more than likely want people to consume (and spread/reshare it). Both being poor experience on mobile and non-discoverably, hard to search for impact that.
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mlevental 2452 days ago
i'm sure the author cares. what i'm not sure about is that the author isn't aware and that "hey your site fails on mobile" is of much use to them.
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PhasmaFelis 2452 days ago
I can easily imagine an author who rarely uses their own mobile page except to make sure that it works at all; or who knows it's not great, but doesn't realize just how annoying it is; or even who has never looked at their site on mobile, ever.
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