Memorable file names

[sospedra]

Feature request

Gret job with Kap folks. Really good. I come to explain a situation I found myself quite often.
I take multiple short videos to show what I did. Usually these files are posted alongisde a PR. The thing is that at the moment I have to put them in the PR description is quite difficult to remember which gif correspond to what feature.

Kap file explorer screenshot

I think that memorable names instead of time hashes will help with this issue. With this I mean autogenerated names like docker images, for example.
I found this other report: #695. Depending on how that is implemented my proposal could fit.

I'd love to help with this if you think is something you wanna have in Kap. Let me know if so.

Again, thanks for the hard work 👏

[skllcrn]

Do you think being able to edit filenames in the exports list could be a good solution for this too?

[sospedra]

I'm no expert in UX. It'll work for me, tho I can see that the solution might be suboptimal.
Honestly, I feel like the other issue I linked is worth a shot. But it's also way more complex.
I have the same problem with other date-based naming conventions. Like mobile or macOS screenshots. Maybe it's just my brain 🧠😜

[blandonfrank]

I think that making the filenames editable in the export list would work well. A simple click on to rename would work. Currently I usually just go into the export folder and edit the names there.

[sindresorhus]

I like the idea. We could use something like https://github.com/andreasonny83/unique-names-generator to generate fun names like Awesome Donkey, Mesmerizing Sea Turtle, etc.

[blandonfrank]

I like the idea. We could use something like https://github.com/andreasonny83/unique-names-generator to generate fun names like Awesome Donkey, Mesmerizing Sea Turtle, etc.

I don't know if "Awesome Donkey" would help him remember what he was recording. But then again, maybe it would lol

[skllcrn]

I think the ideal solution here is to easily let you change the filename prior to export, some apps let you edit the filename from the titlebar, like Sketch:

[karaggeorge]

Can we close this in favor of: https://github.com/karaggeorge/kap-recording-name ?