Phoenix needs a new name

[genpic]

How about:

- Gryphon
- Fenix
- Bennu (What the Egyptian called their version of the phoenix)

I like Bennu the best....

To see what John Tenniel's Gryphon looks like as a "Netscape Now"-styled button, check out my article "The DOM in Version 5 Browsers" at

http://www.webreview.com/browsers/1999/06_18_99_1.shtml

From which I quote:

"In the "Netscape Now!" tradition, I've created a new animated button to signify that this document complies with the W3C DOM. The gryphon was originally designed by John Tenniel, for Alice in Wonderland. Use this button free of charge on pages that adhere to the W3C's DOM standard."

Note that Tenniel's creature is in the public domain.

[uggi]

How about Pterosaur?

"Ranging from the size of a sparrow to the size of an airplane, the pterosaurs (Greek for "wing lizards") ruled the skies in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, and included the largest vertebrate ever known to fly: the late Cretaceous Quetzalcoatlus. The appearance of flight in pterosaurs was separate from the evolution of flight in birds and bats; pterosaurs are not closely related to either birds or bats, and thus provide a classic example of convergent evolution."

Url: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/pterosauria.html

I like the 'winged lizard' meaning, something similar with both Phoenix and Mozilla

[tve]

please, if you suggest names, be sure it's some easy to pronounce word

[zZyXx]

I like these possible new names for Phoenix:
- Fenix or other variations such as Feenix, Feniks, Feenikx...
- Phenix or other variations such as Pheenix, Phenicks...
- Hermes

BTW: the Dutch for Phoenix is Feniks

[uggi]

please, if you suggest names, be sure it's some easy to pronounce word

Hehe Well how about Batzilla then?

[tve]

I like these possible new names for Phoenix:
- Fenix or other variations such as Feenix, Feeniks, Feenikx...
- Phenix or other variations such as Pheenix, Phenicks...

that looks like if the developers are a bunch of illiterates

Well how about Batzilla then?

not bad

[gomens]

Hi all,

We need to rename Phoenix. The kind folks over at phoenix.com have complained about trademark infringement. Anyone have thoughts on a cool, meaningful new name?

Samsa, from the novel of Kafka:

'Die Verwandlung'

(The Metamorphosis)

[flox]

I really like guerilla
Samsa sounds nice to.

[oceanwaterz]

How about Geck-O ?

[zZyXx]

- Feniks
- ReZilla
- Guerilla
- Hermes
- Bazilla (from "Basiliscus basiliscus")

[JediJawa]

I'm liking "Hermes" the most, with "Vulcan" and "Guerilla" following closely behind.

[tve]

"Hermes" would always remember me of Futurama's Hermes.. I like "Guerilla" and "Raptor" the best

Hermes:

[old Neil Parks]

"Mozilla special edition"

"Ultra Navigator"

"Webmaster"

"Blake's Seven"

"Little Giant"

"Super Spider"

"Mozilla Navigator Plus"

"Free Enterprise"

"Web Voyager"

"Web Prowler"

"Spider King"

[brs165]

How about <b>OGMA</b> ?

Ogma
In Irish-Celtic myth, Ogma is the god of eloquence and learning.

I can see a browser as a tool to facilitate learning by accessing information and the Phoenix browser is very eloquence.
I also can donate the domain ogma.net I registered it and have done nothing with it.

http://community-2.webtv.net/TerMcC/Ogma/
http://www.oxenby.se/emma/pagan/gods/ogma.htm


-brian

[old Neil Parks]

"Mozilla Starship"

"Thunderbird, the browser" (ultimately to be paired with "Thunderbird Mail")

"Thunder Lizard"

"Winged Voyager"

"Web Wings"

"Flying Saucer"

"Web Tonic"