So I was thinking, how our vocabulary is giving users the wrong idea, commands make it seem like a super AI, CLI's make it 80's DOS scary, and how unattractive Dictionary sounds. While I had a participant wowing at all the things the Ub intro video showed off: Ub has Tricks. We can teach FF new Tricks, and so can they.
There is an important evolutionary psychological study/accident of breading foxes to be more docile for the fur industry. After 50 years they now sell the Silver Fox as incredibly cute domesticated pets (just skip to the video): http://blog.videosift.com/lucky760/Turning-Foxes-Into-House-Pets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tame_Silver_Fox -Zak p.s. No we can't get them in the US. Dammit. On Nov 8, 10:54 am, "Fernando Takai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I JUST TOUGH ABOUT THE DICTONARY! > > I think it's a great name. =D =D =D > > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Atul Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm, well, ideally this library won't just contain verbs, right? It'll > > contain noun types too? In which case maybe we should call it ... THE > > DICTIONARY! > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Fernando Takai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >> I really prefer verb than command. =D > >> We need to rename herd, because common users wouldn't know (sorry for the > >> bad word) wtf Herd is. The Library is good, but what about a simpler name? > >> (i don't have any suggestions know, but we need something that shows that > >> it > >> is a verb aggregation) > > >> Another thing we need is an index page to ubiquity.firefox.com. Even if > >> it's simple, we need one. > > >> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Atul Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> I agree with Zak and Jono that we may want to rename the Herd, or at > >>> least make it a section of whatever the new site will be called, since > >>> it's > >>> really much bigger in scope from what the Herd was originally intended > >>> for. > > >>> I like "The Library". I'm a bit hesitant to actually use the word > >>> "command" in there just because it sounds a bit technical... what ever > >>> happened to our use of the word "verb", anyhow? :) > > >>> - Atul > > >>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Jono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> I agree that The Herd should be renamed. > > >>>> I understand the reasons Atul had for choosing that name, but it's > >>>> difficult to explain to new users. > > >>>> What do we expect people to mostly be using The Herd for? To discover > >>>> new commands to subscribe to, right? It seems that ranking commands > >>>> for safety, commenting on them, and looking up statistics about them > >>>> are all secondary to the main purpose of discovering new commands that > >>>> you might want. Therefore, I think it should have a name that > >>>> reflects that. The page could simply be called "Command Finder" or > >>>> "Command Library" or "Discover Commands" or something like that, and > >>>> people would understand what it was for much more than "The Herd". > > >>>> --Jono > > >> -- > >> Fernando "Takai" > >>http://flickr.com/photos/supeertakai > >>http://fernandotakai.wordpress.com > >>http://fernandotakai.jaiku.com > > -- > Fernando > "Takai"http://flickr.com/photos/supeertakaihttp://fernandotakai.wordpress.comhttp://fernandotakai.jaiku.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ubiquity-firefox" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
