[Conkeror] Change the name of Conkeror, quickly!

John J Foerch jjfoerch at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 26 09:20:15 PST 2009


Hi all,

  Conkeror is a pretty good name.  It has a nice sound to it, and
the word origin gives it a classical feeling.  Let's not lose
sight of that in haste to change it.  If we are going to change
the name, we should change it to something *better*, something
with its own unique aesthetic.

  So here are my requests to all who are brainstorming for new
names:

 * no stupid puns

 * conkeror is *not* an emacs emulator.  no names that imply
   it is one.

 * no browser war references


  I also have a strong preference against acronyms, because they
are annoying to read.

  A well-planned name change could be used to our advantage as an
opportunity to make some needed changes like the structure of the
user startup files, as well as some changes of convenience such
as the ID string of the program.

  That said, we are in no rush and we would do ourselves a
disservice to rush a change and end up with a worse name than we
have.


Thanks!

-- 
John Foerch



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