Comments on: Project ClickStop gets its proper name. Or does it?

By: Richie Hindle

Richie Hindle — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:29:00 +0000

Thanks for the positive feedback – it’s good to know that people like the name and logo.

@Patrick: I initially thought of “break”, but then “wreck” had the right level of dramatic exaggeration to lift it from novel to engaging.

@Vladimir: You’re probably right about the literal meaning (I’d have to look it up to be sure) but colloquially they get used for any sort of damage, real or virtual. And “wreck” is deliberately too strong a word.

@Andy: Nice thought. Maybe for the educational/business version.

By: Andy Brice

Andy Brice — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:29:16 +0000

‘Don’t wreck my pc’ sounds pretty good for B2C. Another possibility is a variant on “force field”?

By: Vladimir Radmilovic

Vladimir Radmilovic — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:36:39 +0000

The “wreck” or “break” words seem to me like “making a physical damage”, so I thought that this is some kind of anger management software. But I’m not a native English so I might be wrong.

Anyway, having 2yo that likes to mess with files and folders on the PC, arranging them in the way she finds appropriate, I’m personally interested in this product.

By: Patrick McKenzie

Patrick McKenzie — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:41:47 +0000

I love this to pieces (and yes, Americans could use “wreck” in that context — “break” is probably more common, but I just love the word “wreck”). See my blog post for longer comments.

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By: bracken

bracken — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:47:44 +0000

I like it a lot, but it does seem a little strange (to me) for the actual name of the application. But it might be appropriate for the target audience.
On the ‘note to americans’ side, yes, we do use it like that and it fits perfectly for this context.