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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. Issues by hackwrench · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So anybody heard of whatever it is that has the Chimera name so that this project can't use it? Anyone else feel that this project shouldn't be forced to not use the Chimera name? And they say America is a free country.

    1. Re:Issues by Gropo · · Score: 4, Informative

      Well... I'm guessing that this project might be claiming prior art on the usage...

      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

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    2. Re:Issues by Badger · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What does trademark law have to do with freedom?

      Political freedom, that matters. Economic freedom, that matters. Freedom to name your browser Chimera? Doesn't matter that much.

    3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. Re:zilla by frogmella · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..in YOUR humble opinion! Problem with the zilla suffix implies it is a variety of Mozilla, which Camino certainly is NOT - it's the Gecko rendering engine with a Cocoa interface. No email, no IM client, no Composer etc.

  6. 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

  7. 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?

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

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

  9. camino by Polo · · Score: 4, Informative

    By the way, "camino" means "road" in spanish.

  10. I like that name by timothy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Camino is actually a nice name, IMO. iBrowse (suggested by another commenter) is pretty funny, but I think that runs into the Legal problem again.

    Camino -- "road" -- is not bad metaphorically, either. I think of a pleasant drive on the coast, as apposed to calling it, oh ... "New Jersey Turnpike, The Browser."

    Chimera was a *better*, but Camino is a good enough replacement, and the fact that it's a nice browser is more important ;)

    timothy

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  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: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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  13. Name suggestion! by sean23007 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They should name it Bellerophon. You know, the guy who killed the Chimera...

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  14. Camino eh? by TonyMillion · · Score: 3, Informative

    I dont think Scioworks would be happy with them using that name...

    maybe they should pick another one....