Don't let one person's bad manners (or whatever you wish to call it) get you down, keep on coding for those who do appreciate your work. That is, if you have the time to do so.

If it bothers you so much when others criticize the name and icon, why don't you improve them? In the time you've spent arguing with reviewers here at MU, you could have chosen a better name and gotten started on a better icon.

Sorry, but a misspelled pun on an application's function makes for a poor name. It's cheesy and lazy. Come up with something original or at least politely descriptive.

MAC912374, I think you've let your emotions get the best of you because you're still missing the point of some of these comments so I'll try to reiterate what I said before this laste time and a little differently. (I'm pretty busy and rarely participate in these sort of discussions but you sound overly stressed.) Over the past 35+ years I've worked in aerospace engineering, air warfare analysis, software development, and web design and development. In all of these areas I've noted that the initial the presentation of a product can very much color peoples' opinions of it and the degree to which they are willing to give it a chance -- regardless of the ultimate quality of the content or performance of the product itself. Just because we think the world should operate absolutely objectively such as products standing on soley their own merits, doesn't mean it does. (That's why so much time and money is spent on marketing.) The comments both for and against the name and icon of your software may help give you ideas on how to get more people to give it a chance to prove itself, if you're interested in doing so, and that's all they amount to.

You seem to think that such comments are attacks on you and the quality of your product. (Yes, some could be more diplomatically worded but that's what happens when dealing with large groups of people with different perspectives. I've seen much more harshly worded and less warranted comments in other reviews and infinitely worse in the areas that I've worked in when politics and large egos became involved.) However, if you re-read these comments objectively you will find they are neither. If people were really intent on discrediting you and trashing your software, as you seem to think, they would also be giving your software negative ratings not just comments on a couple of aspects. How many of these people have given A-Cownts a low rating?

By reacting to these comments as you have you are only hurting yourself. I hope for your sake you begin to understand some of these things as you become more experienced in software development and in life. I'll end my involvement in this discussion by wishing you the best in your current efforts and those in the future. Steve

OK I must be missing something here. I use A-Cownts (for those not cleaver enough to figure it out, A-Cownts = accounts) daily. It's a program that beats any pass word wallet I've used and it's free to boot. So what's in a name? GEICO has a dumb name and uses a gecko as an icon. Seems to work for them. Oh then there is Red Bull, come on a flying red bull. But red cows must work as they sell a ton of it.
Having been in the Graphic / Publishing / Print business for some 40 years I've seen odd, crazy, dumb and just plain weird that has crashed and burned or soared to great heights. This product rocks and will on it own merits make it or not. My hopes are for a long product history of success and upgrades.
OK now for a request from the developer. How about turning the volume down a bit on the opening sound everyone chuckles when I open the app and it Moos. (By the way that sound is a good marketing tool as it has gotten your app noticed and some some downloads from my co-workers).
Bob

Holy damn - it's FREE for crying out loud! I agree with the developer; if you think it to be a lame name, and if the icon violates your aesthetic sensibilities, simply don't detract from your otherwise witty collection of apps by using it. It's like not voting for someone because they don't look presidential. Thanks for a well-designed, solid app.

I never said I wouldn't use it because of the name, I only said it was a dumb name.

Big difference.

People providing you feedback on the initial presentation of your product (name and icon) are giving you useful marketing information. There's always going to be a diversity of opinion on such things and its good to know where the audience's opinion stands. From experience I know that WANDERER's statement is very much "in focus" and, in the case of this application, I am in agreement with him. Who wants to "hear his opinion?" You do if you are concerned with being a professional. (That doesn't mean you have to agree.)

On the other hand, your response to WANDERER needs to be reconsidered if you want to do business in the real world. It comes across as very emotional, defensive, and misses the point. This type of reaction will never serve you well. You would have been better off saying something like, "thank you for your opinion, it will be considered," or to not respond at all. This is not intended as a put down (I've had to learn from similar mistakes) but if you intend to make offerings to the public it will help both your reputation and your blood pressure if you view feedback as just information and then act it or not based on your own goals. Hope this helps.

CyberDuck is a pretty dumb name for an app as well, in more opinions than just mine. And its icon is a rubber duck - what does that have to do with the services that app offers? Would you rate that app by its name and icon? No! It is an incredible app by a great developer.
How about HandBrake? How about VLC?