From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:23:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2f22d745-d395-4d7a-bccb-1a57f40b1d06@default> References: <<<> > <> <4d7c762e-e32b-484e-bda5-7effc02c6fd3@default>> <> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372562643 26393 80.91.229.3 (30 Jun 2013 03:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:24:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 30 05:24:03 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut8F9-0008BC-DP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:24:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut8F8-0004JW-II for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58064) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut8F4-0004IU-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut8F3-0007FS-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:26525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut8F2-0007FL-OX; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:23:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r5U3HZ6o017648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:17:36 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5U3Ns6Q020260 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:23:55 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt117.oracle.com (abhmt117.oracle.com [141.146.116.69]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5U3Nskw008983; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:23:54 GMT In-Reply-To: <> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161324 Archived-At: > M-x emacs-web-explorer > (defalias 'ewe 'emacs-web-explorer) >=20 > Neither of these names is very helpful to a user who is > trying to figure out what to type after M-x to do some browsing. Many people think "browser" when they see "explorer" (and vice versa), just as they did at one time when they saw "navigator". But yes, it's no doubt true that "browser" is the more generally recognized term now. It seems that Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, at least, do not refer to themselves as "browser" or anything else, beyond their names. Clearly they didn't worry too much about finding a name that suggests "browsing" to potential users.