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Chimera Gets a New Name

Posted by pudge on from the i-used-to-drive-an-el-camino dept.

ProfKyne writes "Looks like Chimera (the other white meat) is getting a name change. The article asks that you please don't chime in with your suggestions."

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  1. camino? by BigBir3d · · Score: 3, Funny

    are these guys Chevrolet fans?

  2. hmmm by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about iLegal

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  3. What about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Internet Explorer?

    That sounds like a good name to me... Apart from the images of bugs and crashes it conjures, but I'm sure they can turn that around in no time.

  4. names by presearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    My pick would be Shinola.

    or in the spirit of naming browsers after SUVs:
    Envoy
    Yukon
    Expedition
    Denali
    Sienna
    C herokee
    Rover
    Ranger
    Cruiser
    Villager
    Windsta r

  5. New Name... by fobside · · Score: 5, Funny

    A new name is fine, but could they get the name of the application to match what appears in menu bar when you open the application? Navigator? Chimera?

  6. Call it "sosumi...again" by jo_ham · · Score: 4, Funny

    Worked the first time, I'm sure it will again.

  7. CyberCamel! by Khalidz0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd call it CyberCamel, and cc for short :p could be kinda ironic :]

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  8. Oooh! I have some suggestions! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about "Also-Ran"? :-)

    "Safari Junior, With Tabs"?

    "We've Got Tabs!"?

    1. Re:Oooh! I have some suggestions! by King+Babar · · Score: 3, Funny
      "We've Got Tabs!"?

      Ooh...here's one:

      Tabula Aqua

      OK, so maybe only 5000 people in the world would fully appreciate the pun. I think that's worth it. :-)

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  9. Re:zilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I give you... Cocko

  10. Ultimate SUV by extra88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Canyonero!
    </ob simpsons>

  11. The name Chimera has a bad stigma with me... by BlackBolt · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...ever since I went to a newsgroup that was called alt.binaries.pictures.chimera when the browser first came out, and it wasn't screenshots of the browser, it was guys having sex with fish.

    I will certainly dread going to a Camino newsgroup in case it's.. uhh... guys with exhaust pipes or something.

    (*shudders*)

  12. Re:Issues by 73 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well... I'm guessing that this project might be claiming prior art on the usage...
    Well, from their webpage...
    Chimera 2 is a complete rewrite. It is a currently an alpha quality release that supports some HTML 3.2 features.
    Great, now I can replace my copy of Netscape 3.
    Whoo Hoo!

    -73 It's about prime

  13. How about a supercreative name... by Eslyjah · · Score: 2, Funny

    like Browser.app

  14. TAFKAC by cappadocius · · Score: 2, Funny
    Here's an idea, change its name into a symbol --the icon? - and then we can all call it The Application Formerly Known As Chimera.

    It worked for Prince.

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    1. Re:TAFKAC by Gropo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hell, in this age of Unicode, why not change it to a kanji symbol? My personal IE.app was renamed this long ago...

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  15. Re:Issues by tbone1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Frankly, I'll be happy to be rid of the: "No, the word is actually pronounced 'kai-MEH-ra', not 'SHIM-er-a' " annoyances ;D

    Well, it's spelled "Chimera", but it's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".

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  16. Re:Issues by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that "yur-a-nuss browser" or "your anus broswer"?

  17. X-mera? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How about Xmera (X,greek letter chi)?