lol, nicely proposed. On Wed, 01 Apr 2009, Nicholas A. Zigarovich wrote:
> A vocal group of users and developers have long advocated adopting a new > name for Conkeror. They worried that confusion would arise in the > browser marketplace because 'Conkeror' and KDE's browser 'Konqueror' > share the same pronunciation. There was also concern that the necessity > of qualifying the name as 'Conkeror-with-a-C' in conversation to avoid > such confusion was an unacceptable inconvenience - and sometimes would > not preclude confusion at all. > > After many painful hours of deliberation and debate, Conkeror developers > have finally agreed that the time has come to choose a new name. The > process has been a difficult one, what with the hundreds of exceptional > suggestions from Conkeror's legions of dedicated users - such as > geckomacs, xulmacs, mozmacs, firemacs, webmacs, ciefti (Conkeror is > Emacs for the Internet), and of course cwac (Conkeror with a C) - but > the developers have finally reached a majority consensus, and Conkeror's > new name has been chosen. > > In keeping with the idea that the browser's name should have a > meaningful etymology, the new name goes one step further by referring to > the project itself. Specifically, the new name evokes feelings the > developers themselves experienced during the deliberation process, such > as the following sentiments. > > Conkeror developer John Foerch was heard stating, "I don't [expletive > deleted] care anymore. I'm so tired of talking about this. Just pick a > [expletive deleted] name already and never talk to me about this again!" > > Conkeror developer Nick Zigarovich seemed to vacillate, one day > advocating retaining Conkeror as the browser's name, the next day > becoming frustrated when new users would complain that this new > konqueror browser really sucked, and then proceeded to tell their > friends. > > Conkeror developer Deniz Dogan, unable to handle the pressure of the > deliberation process, suffered a break-down early on. He was last seen > curled up in the corner of a padded room, drooling on his pajamas, > muttering gibberish while rapidly moving his finger up and down over his > lips, producing a noise which could be transcribed as "mmbrlrlbmrbrlb". > > The developers have chosen a name which commemorates this historic > event, which is easy to pronounce, which could not possibly be mistaken > for other software, and which honors the lost friend and co-developer > Deniz. > > Conkeror shall from this day forward be known as mmbrlrlbmrbrlb. > > Piecemeal migration to http://mmbrlrlbmrbrlb.org will take place over > the next month, and the source code is expected to reflect this change > within the next two weeks. The IRC channel will move to #mmbrlrlbmrbrlb > on Freenode when the source code reflects the new name. > > > _______________________________________________ > Conkeror mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
