Comment by mgkimsal

Comment by mgkimsal 11 hours ago

7 replies

> No, there is Github Copilot, the AI agent tool that also has autocomplete, and a chat UI.

When it came out, Github Copilot was an autocomplete tool. That's it. That may be what the OP was originally using. That's what I used... 2 years ago. That they change the capabilities but don't change the name, yet change names on services that don't change capabilities further illustrates the OP's point, I would say.

HarHarVeryFunny 11 hours ago

To be fair, Github Copilot (itself a horrible name) has followed the same arc as Cursor, from AI-enhanced editor with smart autocomplete, to more of an IDE that now supports agentic "vibe coding" and "vibe editing" as well.

I do agree that conceptually there is a big difference between an editor, even with smart autocomplete, and an agentic coding tool, as typified by Claude Code and other CLI tools, where there is not necessarily any editor involved at all.

  • almosthere 7 hours ago

    all of these companies are going to follow each other's UX patterns for the rest of time.

timr 11 hours ago

That's silly. Gmail is a wildly different product than it was when it launched, but I guess it doesn't count since the name is the same?

Microsoft may or may not have a "problem" with naming, but if you're going to criticize a product, it's always a good starting place to know what you're criticizing.

  • adastra22 11 hours ago

    Gmail is basically the same today as when I signed up for the beta. It’s a mail app.

  • kortilla 11 hours ago

    Gmail is almost identical today as it was when it first launched. It just has fancier JavaScript