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=== Initial Previews === | === Initial Previews === | ||
[[File:Atheryx's original Spotify-Discord integration.png|thumb|The first screenshot of what would later become Powercord.]] | [[File:Atheryx's original Spotify-Discord integration.png|thumb|The first screenshot of what would later become Powercord.]] | ||
On November 25, 2018 [[aetheryx]] posted an initial screenshot of a Spotify integration for Discord in the [[DTinker]] client modding community's #showcase channel<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/516396560549150730</ref>. This was the very first version of what is now implemented in modern plugins Such as Vencord's [https://vencord.dev/plugins/SpotifyControls SpotifyControls] or [[DevilBro]]'s [[BetterDiscord]] [https://github.com/mwittrien/BetterDiscordAddons/tree/master/Plugins/SpotifyControls plugin by the same name]. This garnered interest from several users and over the course of the next few days, aetheryx shared more information, including a link to the GitHub repository, | On November 25, 2018 [[aetheryx]] posted an initial screenshot of a Spotify integration for Discord in the [[DTinker]] client modding community's #showcase channel<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/516396560549150730</ref>. This was the very first version of what is now implemented in modern plugins Such as Vencord's [https://vencord.dev/plugins/SpotifyControls SpotifyControls] or [[DevilBro]]'s [[BetterDiscord]] [https://github.com/mwittrien/BetterDiscordAddons/tree/master/Plugins/SpotifyControls plugin by the same name]. This garnered interest from several users and over the course of the next few days, aetheryx shared more information, including a link to the GitHub repository. At that time, the repository was located at [https://github.com/aetheryx/aethcord aetheryx/aethcord]. aetheryx expressed views early-on about how he wasn't a fan of the initial name, stating "[...] things are in extremely early stages right now and i need to think of a better name than <code>aethcord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517121645173932037</ref> and "it just feels a little too dorky/awkward tbh. like i literally just merged my username with <code>discord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517360125162291201</ref>. | ||
Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild. | Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild. | ||
=== Rename to Powercord === | |||
aetheryx stated an intention to rename the project to "Powercord" on November 30, 2018 , with the following reasoning<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/518224615013613569</ref>:<blockquote>the name i'm currently intending on picking is <code>powercord</code> | |||
because | |||
# aethcords end goal is to appeal to power users | |||
# it's a pun | |||
# it ends in <code>-cord</code> which i think is pretty important for a client modand for those of you who want to know, we're dropping <code>aethcord</code> because i think it's cringe to have my own name on the project like that and it's not fair to other contributors who work on the project</blockquote>Several users stated their distaste with the proposed name, with messages such as "powercord is a bad name"<ref>Discord message from mrlar in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/519560153951895552</ref> and "im starting to think you're really bad with names."<ref>Discord message from pwa in not aeth's server #cool-people. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/518976704887390218/519253344150224916</ref> Despite the mixed reception, Powercord became the official name of the project on December 7, 2018<ref>GitHub commit "rename project to powercord". https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/9c64db367054f945023e08f845be4d55f2cff8bf</ref>. | |||
[[Category:Client Mods]] | [[Category:Client Mods]] | ||