Really don't know how they thought of the name Firefish without thinking it would make people think of Firefox first. Like how did they brainstorm this name, it makes me wonder
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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I adore Calckey/Firefish. It's amazing software, but these are both pretty bad names. lol
I guess Firefish is better, because it sounds like software you'd want to use and not something you have to put up with to file a tax return, but also... why?
Yeah... They're definitely 0-2 on naming...
Calckey is functionally 39584882x better than Mastodon but I've tried several servers now that are all pretty weak.
“Firefish isn’t just a cool name”
Yeah, it’s also a generic name that isn’t very good?
It also sounds too much like Firefox. But either way, it doesn't sound like accounting software anymore which was my issue with calckey's branding prior to now anyway lmao
But it's by far the best fediverse platform I've used from a functionality standpoint and I'm quite fond of it so hopefully this puts more eyes on it
Agreed. I just wish they had native mobile apps. The PWA on iPhone is good, but not as snappy as a native app. The design otherwise is soooo nice.
A lot of issues with PWAs on iPhone are due to Apple limitations. Maybe one day Apple will improve their support for PWAs. The thing is that they have no incentive to make the experience as good as apps, since they can't charge their Apple Tax (30%) for purchases in a PWA.
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Firefox, but make it wet
(I don't know if it's a worse than "calckey" tbf)
Waterfox is already a thing
Firefish sounds like what someone would call malware targeting Firefox users. I was hoping the name would be better.
Anyone remember Firesheep?
It's not just specific to Clackey, but I really hate when sites hijack the right-click menu, either to remove options, or to modify it for "theme". I get that it looks pretty wrt to the site's theme, but seriously, leave browser controls the fuck alone.
You can hold shift while right-clicking in Firefox to bypass any custom right-click code and always show the browser's native context menu.
At least I think it's shift. Might be alt.
Calckey now Firefish seems really cool, but tbh I really can't say I'm a fan of this rebrand. Calckey was distinct. Firefish sounds either like a Mozilla product, or a Firefox browser fork, or else bland office software. Definitely a downgrade imo.
Calckey sounds like it should be a spreadsheet name
CalKey would have cause a little less choking when trying to pronounce it...
Calckey was a bloody awful name because it was hard to say and difficult to know how to say.
Firefish fixes that but is honestly quite generic.
Either way, I wish them the best.
So what actually is calckey/firefish? Is it just trying to be Twitter? Is it meaningfully different to Mastodon?
It's Mastodon with a better featureset and UX. Forked from the well-established Fediverse platform MissKey. Some things I like:
- Threaded comment replies (though they display differently from Lemmy's).
- Antennae for discoverability.
- Can use hashtags AND keywords.
- Can filter results by instance.
- Can create multiple timelines to display content in.
- Customizable UI via widgets.
- I think the theming options are better.
- Full-text search.
- Quote posts.
- Cat mode.
Cat mode.
Could you elaborate on this? lol
Your avatar gets cat ears (more like extra triangles like cat ears on your avatar)
Well that's pretty fun. Thanks for sharing.
Antennae are such a neat feature that I have yet to play around with.
Imo more people would use them if they were called something clearer. Saved search. Custom timeline or feed. Something like that. But yeah they are awesome
Firefish née Calckey is a microblogging platform like Mastodon, but that's about all it has in common. Firefish has extra features like emoji reactions (like Facebook's, but you can use any emoji, including custom emoji), quote posts, and better support for deep threads (it displays replies in a tree view like Lemmy or Kbin, unlike Mastodon which tries to linearize them and makes them a confusing mess). it also supports text formatting like bold, italics, headings, custom link text, and even animations (don't worry, they don't autoplay). it's even themable, and supports migrating posts from other accounts so you don't have to start over!
The name is way too similar to the Firefox trademark and could create the impression that Firefish is associated with Mozilla. I suspect some lawyers are currently in a huddle trying to figure out how to send a Cease and Desist letter that won’t completely piss off the community.
(Trademark law, at least in the US where Mozilla is headquartered, requires organizations to actively defend their trademarks. So just ignoring Firefish would be risky, even if they don’t actually mind the similarity.)
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All these federated services suffer from similar well-publicized problems, but Calckey appears to offer one of the nicer user interface schemes so far. Though unrelated, maybe the rebrand can help build mindshare for Firefox.
https://mas.else.social/@choyer/110746384528095273
Someone checked and there's already an existing trademark for Firefish in software specifically, at least in Europe. Apparently they make HR solutions of some sort.
https://jobs.firefishsoftware.com/about-us/meet-the-team.aspx
Wow, if they haven't already cleared this with the existing company or lawyers, this is embarrassing.
Wouldn't you do a quick search as an early step in any branding exercise?
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Fire... fish? Okaaaay...
Wow checking out the site now, Calckey/Firefish looks great. Is this meant to be another Fediverse replacement for Twitter?
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I like that they've read the memo about fediverse projects being named after animals, but firefish doesn't fit. They should have gone with Coelacanth or something like that... but easier to spell.
Probably a good choice. Calckey sounds like an unmaintained spreadsheet software project. Firefish is better, if a little generic.
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Also not a fan of the new name sorry. like others said it sounds too much like trying to be firefox
Calckey sounds like a calculator/math/graphing application and Firefish sounds like another generic fork of Firefox.
Did they come up with the new name in some kind of software name generator? Sort of like the hip hop name generator that Donald Glover used to come up with Childish Gambino?
I really like the new logo. I thought calckey was some type of speed typing thing lol
I like the new name.
I don't like it. I did sign up for an instance though just to poke around. Seems nice! Not sure if I'll use it over Lemmy / Mastodon combo though. My attention can only go so many directions.
I absolutely love Firefish as a platform. They’ve made something really special. The name Firefish is awful though. I hope they take everyone’s feedback and rebrand again (though I’m sure that’s a massive undertaking)
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