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Great, thats not going to get confused with "Windows App" which is the new confusing and impossible to google name for Remote Desktop

a_rahmanshah 8mo ago
Or Winamp. I read it couple of times before I noticed it is not Winamp.
- imathew 8mo ago
  Winapp, it really whips the LLMas ass
  - nacozarina 8mo ago
    baaa BAAA-aaaaa
  - rootnod3 8mo ago
    God damnit...that definitely deserves the upvote.
  - sgt 8mo ago
    @dang can't we have a feature on HN where you vote a comment into the "hall of fame" or such?
    - dang 8mo ago
      For now you have to email us to add a comment to https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights. Eventually yes, we want to make this more built-in.
  - tracker1 8mo ago
    +100 ... We definitely need a "super upvote" that you can use say 100 pts of karma to give to a comment.
- Markoff 8mo ago
  I just realized it now after reading your comment, I opened first comments to find out what's new about Winamp before opening the site
ivanjermakov 8mo ago
Windows App is the biggest naming blunder in history. Impossible to find relevant information.
- einr 8mo ago
  It's perfectly clear: if you need to run a Windows app on another Windows PC, you just open the Windows app store on your Windows PC to download the Windows app Windows App, a Windows app that lets you connect to and run Windows apps on other Windows PCs.
  - creamyhorror 8mo ago
    Windows PC? I think you mean "Windows app host" (once we all move to thin clients due to consumer PCs becoming unaffordable)
pseidemann 8mo ago
How is such a product decision even possible? Genuinely curious.
- pixelpoet 8mo ago
  Ask the marketing department that destroyed one of the most famous brands on earth, MS Office, and renamed it to "Microsoft Copilot 365 app": https://office.com https://office.com
  - luckman212 8mo ago
    This is so bad it doesn't even seem humanly possible. Maybe this decision was made by Copilot itself.
    - cobolexpert 8mo ago
      Copilot wanting to name everything Copilot is a funny thought, for some reason.
    - copilot_king 8mo ago
      [dead]
    - pixelpoet 8mo ago
      One could say the error was [puts on shades]... unprompted.
      - tomaytotomato 8mo ago
        https://youtu.be/DA1-haV0qWU https://youtu.be/DA1-haV0qWU
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a_rahmanshah 8mo ago

Or Winamp. I read it couple of times before I noticed it is not Winamp.

imathew 8mo ago
Winapp, it really whips the LLMas ass
- nacozarina 8mo ago
  baaa BAAA-aaaaa
- rootnod3 8mo ago
  God damnit...that definitely deserves the upvote.
- sgt 8mo ago
  @dang can't we have a feature on HN where you vote a comment into the "hall of fame" or such?
  - dang 8mo ago
    For now you have to email us to add a comment to https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights. Eventually yes, we want to make this more built-in.
- tracker1 8mo ago
  +100 ... We definitely need a "super upvote" that you can use say 100 pts of karma to give to a comment.
Markoff 8mo ago
I just realized it now after reading your comment, I opened first comments to find out what's new about Winamp before opening the site

ivanjermakov 8mo ago

Windows App is the biggest naming blunder in history. Impossible to find relevant information.

einr 8mo ago
It's perfectly clear: if you need to run a Windows app on another Windows PC, you just open the Windows app store on your Windows PC to download the Windows app Windows App, a Windows app that lets you connect to and run Windows apps on other Windows PCs.
- creamyhorror 8mo ago
  Windows PC? I think you mean "Windows app host" (once we all move to thin clients due to consumer PCs becoming unaffordable)

pseidemann 8mo ago

How is such a product decision even possible? Genuinely curious.

pixelpoet 8mo ago
Ask the marketing department that destroyed one of the most famous brands on earth, MS Office, and renamed it to "Microsoft Copilot 365 app": https://office.com https://office.com
- luckman212 8mo ago
  This is so bad it doesn't even seem humanly possible. Maybe this decision was made by Copilot itself.
  - cobolexpert 8mo ago
    Copilot wanting to name everything Copilot is a funny thought, for some reason.
  - copilot_king 8mo ago
    [dead]
  - pixelpoet 8mo ago
    One could say the error was [puts on shades]... unprompted.
    - tomaytotomato 8mo ago
      https://youtu.be/DA1-haV0qWU https://youtu.be/DA1-haV0qWU
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