what was wrong with the name chimera?

lungarettalungaretta
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
<a href="http://www.mozillazine.org/weblogs/pinkerton/archives/002527.html"; target="_blank">read this</a>.

camino is a fireplace in italian. hmmm... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
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  • Reply 1 of 31
    baumanbauman Posts: 1,248member
    Apparently, there's some legal issue. Here's what his blog from the day before says:

    [quote] Many of you may be wondering "Where is Chimera 0.7?" It's sure been a while since we've put out a new release and we've got a long list of new features and bugfixes. What we don't have is a name.



    You heard me. For a variety of reasons, the details of which I certainly won't go into here because I'll cause myself to blow a gasket, we can no longer legally use the name Chimera. We figured it would be easy to come up with another name and just move on. That was several months ago and many, many painful meetings complete with Chinese water torture and thumbscrews. The net result: we still don't have a good name. Oh, coming up with a name that doesn't suck is easy. We've got plenty. What's hard is coming up with a name that doesn't suck and clears legal. That, my dear readers, is close to impossible.



    We have two top contenders right now, Camino and iVoyage. Neither really float my boat, but then again, I didn't think Chimera was a good name either. I even tried to get it changed. I guess that shows what I know. Yet when I tell people we might call it Camino, they burst out laughing. I really don't like being laughed at. Perhaps it dredges up too many childhood memories. Everyone is a critic. It's too easy to say, "God that name sucks," and yet not have any suggestions. That's really not very helpful. Really. Not helpful.



    So it all boils down to the fact that we cannot release 0.7 using the name Chimera. Until the name issue gets resolved, don't expect to see it. Rest assured that we are still working on it and we have lots of cool things in store for future versions.



    Oh, please, for the love of god, do not suggest any names either in comments on via email. I'll hunt you down and slaughter your family. That's a promise. The last thing I need to see is what you think a kewl name would be. Trust me, it probably won't make it through legal. <hr></blockquote>



    [Edit] A quick Google search for Chimera brings up a variety of companies, but the one that probably did them in is <a href="http://www.chimera.org/"; target="_blank">http://www.chimera.org/</a>; - a UNIX web browser.



    Some others, tho, are:

    <a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/"; target="_blank">www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/</a> - a free graphics program

    <a href="http://www.syntheverse.com/"; target="_blank">www.syntheverse.com/</a> - a Sci Fi Publisher

    <a href="http://www.chimeralighting.com/"; target="_blank">www.chimeralighting.com/</a> - Film, video and still photography

    chimera.roma1.infn.it/ - a WWW server in Rome.



    [ 02-16-2003: Message edited by: bauman ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 31
    lungarettalungaretta Posts: 194member
    so i guess the question (and probably the name of the thread) should have been



    "So What Would You Call Chimera?"



    me? i think BrowserWithCoolTabsHaHa 0.7

  • Reply 3 of 31
    elricelric Posts: 230member
    I'd call it WebTabs or SurfTabs or even iTabs
  • Reply 4 of 31
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    they should take a page out of Apple's book and call it



    "Sosume"



    (that's read So sue me)
  • Reply 5 of 31
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    or from thesaurus.com (sp?)



    <a href="http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=chimera"; target="_blank">http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=chimera</a>;



    personally i like ignis fatuus the best.
  • Reply 6 of 31
    chrisgchrisg Posts: 239member
    I like BWAIN 0.7 (Browser Without An Intersting Name)
  • Reply 7 of 31
    inactionmaninactionman Posts: 618member
    Either Reign of Terror 0.7 or widowmaker 0.7. Or get really creative the way Apple did with their email app and call it Browser. Maybe Tabasauros. Maybe not. Boooo!
  • Reply 8 of 31
    bill mbill m Posts: 324member
    "Camino" means "road" in Spanish.
  • Reply 9 of 31
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    I don't understand the socalled legal battle.



    Chimera is the name of the project, and Chimera isn't mentioned in the browser at all - it's called Navigator.
  • Reply 10 of 31
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

    <strong>Chimera is the name of the project, and Chimera isn't mentioned in the browser at all - it's called Navigator.</strong><hr></blockquote>Ah, but it used to be the name of the browser as well. That's why there's so much confusion about the name nowadays. They kept Chimera as the project name but changed the brower's name to Navigator. To add to the end-user's confusion who may not know about the differing names, the preferences in the ~/Library directory are stored with the *project* name "Chimera" and not "Navigator"!



    [ 02-17-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 31
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>Ah, but it used to be the name of the browser as well. That's why there's so much confusion about the name nowadays. They kept Chimera as the project name but changed the brower's name to Navigator. To add to the end-user's confusion who may not know about the differing names, the preferences in the ~/Library directory are stored with the *project* name "Chimera" and not "Navigator"!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I know that the browser was called Chimera earlier, but I just can't see why Navigator 0.7 can't be released.
  • Reply 12 of 31
    lungarettalungaretta Posts: 194member
    i remember getting on the internet for the first time with Navigator 2.0 mid 90's(ish).



    Am i confused as to why Navigator stepped back and now resides at v0.6... ummm.. no... duh.



    I guess a project with no name is like a war with no flags
  • Reply 13 of 31
    bluerabbitbluerabbit Posts: 105member
    [quote] Originally posted by Bill M:

    "Camino" means "road" in Spanish. <hr></blockquote>



    Wasn't it also a planet from Star Wars Episode 2?
  • Reply 14 of 31
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    &lt;geek&gt;



    That was Kamino.



    &lt;/geek&gt;
  • Reply 15 of 31
    hamfistedbunvendorhamfistedbunvendor Posts: 52member
    OK here's a few suggestions:



    Searchlight



    Radar



    Tracker



    Ximera



    Xandra



    Xtab



    Superweb



    Locator



    I will think of more.



    TTFN
  • Reply 16 of 31
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Maybe something incorporating the name "Mozilla" into it? And reflecting either its cocoa background or its OS X compatability.



    Like...



    MozillaX



    MozX



    XMoz



    XMozilla



    CocoaMoz



    "I choose you, Kokomoz! Kill that Pikachu!"
  • Reply 17 of 31
    snoopysnoopy Posts: 1,901member
    I thought iVoyage was not bad, but I would make it iVoyager, which might be a take off on Internet Explorer. Gad, how a trivial little problem like this can keep real progress from happening.
  • Reply 18 of 31
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    How about Aremihc? (Chimera spelled backwards)



    No, to hard to pronounce.... Oh, wait!



    Echinda. She gave birth to the Chimera.



    Her upper body is beautiful (like Aqua), but she has the lower body of a lizard (Gecko).
  • Reply 19 of 31
    hamfistedbunvendorhamfistedbunvendor Posts: 52member
    Why not call it



    Completelyredundantnowwehavesafari
  • Reply 20 of 31
    t'hain esh kelcht'hain esh kelch Posts: 1,274member
    Maybe because



    IEatSafariForBreakfast 0.7



    would be a MUCh better name, and one that actually makes sense?
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