Change window titles to "Bitcoin-Qt - <purpose>" / misc related renames
- This helps user to not think the client is called “Bitcoin”
NACK. I’ve been clear on this before. End users have no idea what “Qt” is, so it shouldn’t appear that prominently in the interface. It’s just a technical detail. Like putting the programming language in the title.
The focus should be on “Bitcoin” itself, not that it is a UI or what library happens to be used to build it.
@laanwj It’s the client name. How are users to differentiate Bitcoin-Qt from other clients they may have installed? Specific clients shouldn’t claim to be “Bitcoin” or it will confuse users into thinking Bitcoin is the software.
That’s not the client name. I think that’s where the confusion comes from. Bitcoin-qt is the name of the UI project before it got merged into here. And the focus should be on the underlying system, not the UI. If this client has any name beyond “Bitcoin reference client” it’s “Satoshi”.
Anyway, I’m fine with any name but I think naming should be @gavinandresen ‘s call as project lead.
I guess I see it as the same Bitcoin-Qt project mainly by @laanwj (ie, same maintainer = same project), and @gavinandresen the project lead of bitcoin_d_ (which happens to share the same git repository). I don’t really care what you choose to name the client, but some distinction between Bitcoin and this Bitcoin client is needed.
Just for clarification, bitcoind is also a Bitcoin client, yes? When someone talks about bitcoind my association is hey that’s the official / reference command-line Bitcoin client. If one talks about Bitcoin-Qt I associate the official / reference GUI Bitcoin client with it. That’s no pro or con, I just want to understand what others read from a certain name.
To summarize: Bitcoin as the concept / protocol / technique bitcoind as command-line client using Bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt as GUI client using bitcoind
As I see it:
- Bitcoin as the concept / protocol / technique / blockchain
- “Satoshi” as the reference protocol implementation began by Satoshi Nakamoto, maintained by @gavinandresen
- bitcoind as the JSON-RPC server began by Satoshi Nakamoto, maintained by @gavinandresen
- Bitcoin-Qt as GUI client began and maintained by @laanwj
I agree with laanwj, it’s fine the way it is.