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Post by yamazaki »

daihard wrote:
Flii wrote:
Radiowriter wrote:
1. Firebird
2. Valkyrie

Firebird, as Flii put well, is a natural progression from Phoenix. Besides, the name still implies it will never die, which is a good thing for a product. For Valkyrie, I like the sound of it, and I am a big Macross fan. ;)


Valkyrie is cool. The best for me. :)

I like Naples and Oceano too.

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1. dragonfly
2. firefly
3. Explorator

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Post by sweetdude »

I am verry sorry but i must say none of the names really work for me.
The name has to be one that is recognised by the masses as a browser. See the filosophy behind the explorer and navigator names. That is why i came up with the name

Compass or Kompas

whatever you want to spell it (english or dutch).

The name fits in the row:
explorer , navigator, compass

And every explorer and navigator has a compass to guide them :LOL:
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Compass sounds cool, and we get to choose between English and Dutch spelling! w00t! ;)
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Post by aleejooo »

Here's the 5 names I picked:

- Kompass

- Firebird

- Ion

- Prometheus

- Webopener

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Fusion? are you serious?

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Fusion is a good name, but that's what both Allaire and NetObjects thought, too.
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good names:

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firefly
prometheus

...oh, and to whoever suggested it, I'll install ANY software if you call it TheMelvins!!! any band who's modus operandi is to "screw with people" ought to have their own software! ...ooh, modus operandi... now there's a name for ya.

sphinx is a total turn off for me.
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kompas or kompass sounds cool too.
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Post by daihard »

yamazaki wrote:
daihard wrote:1. Firebird
2. Valkyrie

Firebird, as Flii put well, is a natural progression from Phoenix. Besides, the name still implies it will never die, which is a good thing for a product. For Valkyrie, I like the sound of it, and I am a big Macross fan. ;)

Valkyrie is cool. The best for me. :)

I like Naples and Oceano too.

Thanks for agreeing! :) Firebird also reminds me of this Japanese anime cartoon called "Gatcha Man." ;)
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Post by echu888 »

I'm gonna have to come cast my two cents AGAINST two of the more popular names here.

1) Firebird IS a terribly bland and generic and uninspired name. Please God don't let it win.
2) Sphinx does sound like sphincter. Wayne's World, anybody???
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echu888 wrote:1) Firebird IS a terribly bland and generic and uninspired name. Please God don't let it win.

If "Firebird" is so bland and generic, what makes "Phoenix" not so? I agree it's not the fanciest name in the world, but I contend it's not nearly as bad as you make it sound.
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Sphinx sounds rather inert to me....not exactly what you'd like a browser to express.
Fusion? Of what? Succesfull or not?
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Someone mentioned "Lynx" in his list. It does sound cool, except there's already a browser called Lynx... ;)
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Post by djnr »

I've updated my top names list. Here are the top 10 vote-getters, coincidentally also all the names that received 10 or more votes:

33 Firebird
27 Sphinx
20 Fox/Phox (11 for Fox, 9 for Phox)
14 Ion
14 px
13 DragonFly
11 Athena
11 Moebius
11 Oceano
11 Phusion/Fusion (5/6 split)
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Fire + Bird

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Kolibri

I used to have a Colibri cigarette lighter + kolibri is German for hummingbird
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