Name is insufficient for serious use

Summary: The one field that every Thing has is Name. But that is of Name Type, which is way too limited for general use -- it can only contain letters, digits and spaces.

As of 12/3, it also turns out to be buggy -- if you enter any illegal characters, it throws away the Name and leaves the field blank. That was a dumb regression, and will be fixed shortly. But regardless, you often need more flexibility.

Justin: The fix here is going to be to change the rules of engagement. We're going to shift to making Display Name (which can contain more or less anything) front and center, and usually derive Name from that by stripping all illegal characters. Thus, the emphasis will be on the more-useful Display Name field, with Name treated as the detail it should be.