Alternatives

Alternatives

Posted Apr 24, 2003 15:54 UTC (Thu) by 0rangutan (guest, #10869)
In reply to: Alternatives by roelofs
Parent article: Will the real Firebird please stand up?

Why to give such a good browser so ridiculous new name? Well, maybe serious Phoenix/Mozilla users are now gradually encouraged to move to use the Netscape browser instead?

But speaking of simple and better alternatives: There are several other ways to write Phoenix in various languages, like Fénix or Phoinix. Why not choose, for example, Fenix, and so people could even pronounce the name just like before?

Or - just as another simple possibility - why not pick some other bird name? Firebird/Phoenix browser is supposed to fast, lightweight, smart etc. There are dozens of real and imaginary birds that are supposed to have such characteristics, but don't have so childish sounding names...

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