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Postwoman is changing name πŸ›Έ

Hey all πŸ‘‹

Postwoman is changing name.
Our new identity aligns with our new focus β€” to provide the best open source testing suite in web.

Towards that goal, we are thrilled to announce that v2 will have a new name and domain.

  1. Similarity in name with "Postman" may introduce trademark violations in future.
  2. We don't want to hurt any other project's goodwill.
  3. Rather than being an "alternative to Postman", we focus to become the best available testing suite in web.

Update: 16th August 2020

Postwoman is now Hoppscotch πŸŽ‰

GitHub β†’ Web app β†’

Special thanks to @ben (co-founder DEV.to) for suggesting this name πŸ‘.

What about this name:

HoppScotch.

It's an alternate spelling of the game "hopscotch", and in my mind is a subtle nod to CS legend Grace Hopper, and implies "hopping" from one endpoint or web location to another.

"hopp" is also a similar in shape to "http".

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Robert

kanye.rest

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Liyas Thomas • Edited

I laughed for like 5 mins. My dad haven't stopped laughing yet. 🀣🀣

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Ben Halpern

What about this name:

HoppScotch.

It's an alternate spelling of the game "hopscotch", and in my mind is a subtle nod to CS legend Grace Hopper, and implies "hopping" from one endpoint or web location to another.

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Ben Halpern

"hopp" is also a similar in shape to "http".

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Liyas Thomas

that's what I'm talking πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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Ben Halpern

If you go with this loop me in, I’d love to help work out the imagery. It’s a fun visual.

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Liyas Thomas

Deal. I demand something as dope as benhalpern.com 🀠😻

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Ben Halpern

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Vitor Amaral

"hopp" or something that's triggers similarities to http is the way to go.

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Mohamed Farid

XUnicorn,
Sirius (brightest star in the sky),
Orion - Aligns with the Pyramids of Giza (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_correl...)

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Liyas Thomas

awe

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Ben Halpern

I like XUnicorn. It's kind of metal 🀘

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Liyas Thomas

wow... great idea. will share this with our team for sure.

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Dennis Ploeger

Guys, I'm seriously troubled that nobody brought up the obvious Testy McTestface yet!

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David Quintero πŸ“Ώ

Shelob

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Enmanuel de la Nuez

I really like Charlotte!!

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Vico

Restponse

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Liyas Thomas

good. will consider this too.

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Fayaz Ahmed

getrest.io

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Liyas Thomas

🀝 let me "get rest".

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bravemaster619

Can you share the reason why you decided to change the name?

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Liyas Thomas
  1. Similarity in name with "Postman" may introduce trademark violations in future.
  2. We don't want to hurt any other project's goodwill.
  3. Rather than being an "alternative to Postman", we focus to become the best available testing suite in web.
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Bin

Rather than being an "alternative to Postman", we focus to become the best available testing suite in web.

what about Rittest/Righttest/Rightest

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Kevin Nel • Edited

"gest"

Gest is best!

P.S. This should also spark a passionate discussion whether it should be pronounced "jest" or "guest" - much like the GIF debate :P

EDIT: Just saw that this already exists... gest.co/

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Tom Hanks

You have made enough base users piggybacking on another app's name anyway ;)
Fighting for gender equality is nothing more than a sad way of self advertising.
Good luck with the new name

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Liyas Thomas • Edited

Thanks.
We've high expectations on this move. Stay tuned for more features and awesomeness.

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SJellen

OpenPost

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Ben Halpern

This is a good call. I think a distinctive brand will go along way.

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Dennis O'Keeffe • Edited

Rosary Transit β€” a play on Rosa Parks + Montgomery where the bus incident occurred and with transit also having the duality of relating to the nature of testing transport protocols and it’s own definition.

Might be too much of a mouthful but I spent 5 minutes between thinking and typing so I might as well post in case the transport theme helps kick off some creative juices πŸ˜‚

Good luck with the naming!

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Liyas Thomas

let me find a dictionary first. btw, thanks for the detailed info.

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