[dmbass]

Can someone explain why they would choose a name like Putty which is already a well established and completely different software?

[zavulon]

I got really confused by that too. I think 99% of target audience are going to think "oh, it's a web-based terminal app". They should change the name before it's too late.

[CWIZO]

I was disappointed to find out that it was not, in fact, a web putty ...

[mtogo]

That was actually my first thought when i saw spolsky's tweet.

[Meai]

I almost didn't click on this because of the name. I'm glad I did it anyway, I will definitely use this in the future.

[almightygod]

agreed - i thought it was a real "web" putty and thought of all the reasons why i wouldn't use it

[sorensen]

Isn't that the logo for Notepad++?

[tghw]

Haha, we were wondering how long it would take people to notice. Yeah, it is. We picked it before realizing it, and didn't know until we were getting permission for it. We'll probably change it soon, but since it plays a pretty minor role on the site, we decided to leave it until we could get some more time to search for a replacement.

[tghw]

Mostly because good names are hard to come by, and WebPutty (if you unstick your brain from PuTTY) is a pretty decent name.

We would have loved to incorporate transmogrifier into the name, but that's hard to type and spell.

[smackfu]

I don't even understand why it's named that, and it's not like they even bought the webputty.com domain.