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What hasn't anyone developed a browser, and just called it "Browser"?
When Android first came out, its browser was called "Browser". I actually appreciated that.
- It does not work in the browser!
- Which browser?
- The browser!
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We use Pokemon. The reason? Nobody gets too attached to the name Jigglypuff.
That's a great idea I might steal. I'll go through the names in dex order, as I happen to know at least the first 151 in order... Also I'm pretty sure that they make new Pokémon faster than anyone starts projects...
http://ajf.me/imagedump/screenshots/ihavewaytoomanyprojects....
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Oh yeah, that sounds familiar! But that DEFINITELY was not the legendary name we all forgot. SimHouse and a few names like that were floated around, but they were't very exciting or apt, since the focus evolved from the architecture to the people. The big problem was that nobody had any idea what players would think of it, so we just kept developing it and playing it and changing the design, while wondering about wha…
Those design documents are fantastic. I love peering into the creative design process.
I feel like I am pretty good at naming things (I dont think about it for too long, if that matters). Describe to me a product and I'll name it for you.
I think many of you in the Hacker News crowd will recognize this problem that I'm yet to find a solution to myself: mkdir [blinking cursor] Then 30 minutes passes and you didn't end up making that thing anyway since you got distracted while thinking up a name for it.
LittleBigPlanet, our PS3 game, was (is) called 'ps3test1'. the sequel, LBP2, is... also called ps3test1. that project really was our first attempt to bring up a devkit, probably with a rotating cube. the project, and compiled output, on every platform, is called 'pc.elf' (or .vcproj or .exe or whatever) SIGH there's an inverse correlation between awesome-ness of directory name and chance-of-shipping, in my experience…
Sackboy's law? It's absolutely true.
Thanks for sharing that about LBP: it's great to hear that my nominative inertia is shared by such high company.
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Well, it fits with the theme. "Safari" is Swahili for "journey" or "trip" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari#Etymology ) That fits it in with the browsers of the time: Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer I would guess the code name 'Alexander' came from 'Alexander the Great', who not only traveled a lot, but also conquered, just like Safari was aiming to conquer the Internet. They must have ignored the 'die young…
I was born in South Africa and have spent half my life in its neighbour, Namibia. Both countries are well known for diverse wildlife and vast unspoiled natural habitats. "Safari", to me, is a word foreigners use unnecessarily and some locals chuckle at when they hear it. Locals simply say "We're going to Blahblah National Park for Christmas." It's also the name for a brand of dried fruits and nuts, which makes it eve…
We roll our eyes at the tourists, then just go and do whatever it is we were doing.
Related anecdotes:
When trying to come up with a name for Firefox (after having two other names rejected due to trademark snafus), a friend of mine sarcastically rattled off a bunch of alternatives using the same prefix as the outgoing "Firebird" on IRC one night. I think it was "Firecrap, Fireturd, Firefox". I stopped him. The consonance was great, and the team loved the name. The rest is history.
At the beginning of Chrome, we had to come up with a project name. Inspired how Netscape did their project naming, we did a vote. The results were truly awful. I think "Goose" was the winner. At this point Linus came in and put us out of our misery, "How about Chrome... it's kind of ironic given the UI design." Everyone agreed that it was much better. That was before we'd written really any code, so it stuck for the entire project. Shortly before launch the marketing folk did a brief exploration, but we threw up all over their suggestions, and Chrome stuck.
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What hasn't anyone developed a browser, and just called it "Browser"?
One russian company called Yandex actually did: http://browser.yandex.com/
http://internet.mail.ru/ (there are no English version)
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I always start with a codename. And for the longest time I've used the surnames of foreign scientists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists
There's always Finnish lakes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Finland Might be difficult to pronounce for some, though.
