Hmm, interesting. So are you suggesting that we call the Herd "Silver Fox"? It has a nice ring to it. Only possible confusion that could occur is that some techies may think that it's some kind of version of Firefox packaged with Silverlight, but whatever. :P
- Atul On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:45 PM, indolering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
