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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> One way we can make Emacs more usable is by giving commands
> natural names that make no demand on users' memory.
>
> Since `eww' has never been in a release, let's rename it `web'
> now, before users get it.

Why refuse the right of someone to name a package his own
quirky/creative way.  Quirky names are easy to remember.

eww is not a lisp library but a functional package.

Just provide means - a toolbar icon and a key binding - to start the
web.  This way the user never has to do a 

        M-x eww