uxNet: The two most important questions.

As our first born is due to arrive in five weeks time I have been spending quite a lot of time thinking about the usability of names.

I have a couple of important questions for the uxNetEx:

1) How it it pronounced?

Is it youexnet or ucksnet?

I'm sure that the council may think this is a silly question as they all know how to pronounce it, but there are a lot of us who have only read about uxNET and we don't want to appear stupid by pronouncing it incorrectly.

2) Should the n be big (UXNet) or little (UXnet)?

The official line is to have the 'n' in lowercase, but I think that this is a mistake. It puts too much emphasis on the UX and not enough on the NET. One of the organisations big themes is networking across organisations and I would much rather see NET being given more prominence. I would even go as far as suggesting uxNet as the preferred capitalisation, although perhaps we could compromise on uXNet? (naah I still prefer uxNet).

I would love to know if the council discussed any of these naming issues when they were discussing the nitty gritty details of the brand ?

There is more information on the various messages of support that have been made at the South West Usability Group blog (SWUG).

PS: We have chosen Gabriel Francis McEvoy as the name for our new family member (note how the capitalisation and length produces a pleasingingly balanced appearance).