Atom Shell is now Electron

Re:Atom Shell is now Electron by netcraft on Thursday April 23, 2015 @03:31PM (#9429236)

Im curious about the name change. What do they stand to gain from losing all of the history of atom shell search results?

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Re:Atom Shell is now Electron by Igglyboo on Thursday April 23, 2015 @03:56PM (#9429395)

Atom Shell is no longer tied to Atom the text editor by name. It makes sense to change the name as Electron becomes more popular in projects outside of Atom.

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Re:Atom Shell is now Electron by AdrianRossouw on Thursday April 23, 2015 @03:32PM (#9429247)

i think it's because electron is being used to build more than just atom.

having it be that deeply associated with the other brand reduces the visibility of the project?

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Re:Atom Shell is now Electron by phillips1012 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @06:50PM (#9430403)

It would still be easy to find the project via google. Just googling "atom-shell" will probably get you this article, and from there a user would figure out that it's been renamed.

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Re:Atom Shell is now Electron by cos2pi on Thursday April 23, 2015 @08:53PM (#9430852)

Because now they can write a blog post about it, which duly appears on HN's front page.

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