{"id":4198,"date":"2008-01-23T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/the-stupidest-names-in-software\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:35:45","slug":"the-stupidest-names-in-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-stupidest-names-in-software\/","title":{"rendered":"The stupidest names in software"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheI don’t know about you, but I think there are way too many ridiculous brand and product names in today’s tech world. I’ve just taken this quiz<\/a> that illustrates the similarity between nonsensical Web 2.0 names and some the equally ridiculous pharmaceutical brands out there. Testing software all the time, I regularly come across applications that are so awfully-named you’d think they’d be dreamed up by a drunk child.<\/p>\n

For me, the key to a good product name is clarity and memorability. This is one of the reasons why brands such as iTunes, Windows Media Player and Photoshop have succeeded. A program name must go some way to giving a clue about what the program does. Many don’t though, and suffer for that as a result. Here are some of the biggest culprits, but feel free to join my campaign against badly-named software and suggest your own.<\/p>\n