Or was the idea to call Ubiquity itself "Silver Fox," and the Herd something more like "Tricktionary" or "Bag of Tricks"?
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Atul Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
