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shinynewmac··on Stately - A US state map in a font
It's not a bad thing at all. Flickr works because it is still pronounced Flicker. Personally anything with -ly irks me the wrong way and it feels like a branding cop-out at times. Just imagine if Google was called Searchly or if Basecamp was named Managely. From a branding perspective in 5-10 years time adding -ly will look dated. You'll think back to web 2.0 as if you were looking at a geocities page (or worse Homestead). Not to say this project should be aware of its branding at all.

I have to say Improvely looks solid by the way.

shinynewmac··on Stately - A US state map in a font
You'll all regret adding -ly to anything eventually. Still really awesome, can't wait to see the rest of the world.
shinynewmac··on Github was down
Quick! Everyone jump to conclusions!