Thank you for your comments. This has, as you are aware, been discussed before. We assure you that there is no deliberate intent to confuse anyone. If we had realized how confusing it might be we may have chosen a different name initially. But now it is a known product and it is unlikely that we will decide to change it. It is a large hassle from both a development and a marketing perspective.
We chose the name precisely because the latin prefix "Omni" means "all". The concept of OmniGrowl is to provide (nearly) all practical notifications in a single application. With notifications for events, to-dos, birthdays, anniversaries, news feeds, weather, traffic, network and power changes, and more, we believe it accomplishes this goal very well. In contrast, what "all" does any single Omni Group application implement? Again, the Omni Group produces great and quality software, but the only actual use of the meaning of "Omni" for the Omni Group is that all their software uses it in their name. WBC is using "Omni" for its intended meaning and not as a brand.
In this respect it's not like "Coke" -- it's like "i" in "iTunes" or "iCal" and how many developers use "i" for Mac products who are not Apple?
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The prefix 'Omni' confused me too - Wooden Brain
Thank you for your comments. This has, as you are aware, been discussed before. We assure you that there is no deliberate intent to confuse anyone. If we had realized how confusing it might be we may have chosen a different name initially. But now it is a known product and it is unlikely that we will decide to change it. It is a large hassle from both a development and a marketing perspective.We chose the name precisely because the latin prefix "Omni" means "all". The concept of OmniGrowl is to provide (nearly) all practical notifications in a single application. With notifications for events, to-dos, birthdays, anniversaries, news feeds, weather, traffic, network and power changes, and more, we believe it accomplishes this goal very well. In contrast, what "all" does any single Omni Group application implement? Again, the Omni Group produces great and quality software, but the only actual use of the meaning of "Omni" for the Omni Group is that all their software uses it in their name. WBC is using "Omni" for its intended meaning and not as a brand.
In this respect it's not like "Coke" -- it's like "i" in "iTunes" or "iCal" and how many developers use "i" for Mac products who are not Apple?
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