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rename taborama #46

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kesselborn opened this issue Sep 25, 2017 · 6 comments
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rename taborama #46

kesselborn opened this issue Sep 25, 2017 · 6 comments

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@kesselborn
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there is already a web-extension called taborama in the chrome web store. As webextension are compatible with chrome-webextension as well, I think this will just cause confusion.

Furthermore, my taborama actually does not have a panorama'ish view (which was where it was derived from), so the name does not make sense at all

Ideas:

  • contaixt (container extension and similar to context) 👎
  • contab or contabs (container & tabs) ... okaish?
  • forklift (the vehicle that manages containers in a port) 👎

@grahamperrin as you already commented here quite a lot: any good ideas? Would like to do this rather sooner than later.

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grahamperrin commented Sep 26, 2017

Pottery

https://addons.mozilla.org/search/?q=Pottery not found.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/Pottery?_category=extensions finds two themes, no risk of confusion with anything privacy/container/context-related.

@kesselborn
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Does it have any meaning with the funtionality of the extension?

@grahamperrin
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Yes and no. A pot is a type of container.

At the back of my mind in recent weeks I've had something like … a simple two-frame comic strip using pots, in a way that might help people to understand the limitations of (Firefox) containers. Toying with the idea.

@kesselborn
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mmm ... I kind of like the idea, but it sounds weird -- probably because I am a non native speaker, don't know :)
I think I will go with conex which is short for container express which again is a type of shipping container.
Thanks for the suggestion though.

kesselborn added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 26, 2017
(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/taborama-group-your-tabs/flicfhphobgnnpfhieodmggibdhadhnh)
in the chrome web store.

As firefox webextension are compatible with chrome-webextension ports
from of chrome extensions to firefox will increase, I think it's best to
use a different name.

Furthermore, my taborama actually does not have a panorama'ish view
(which was where it was derived from), so the name does not make sense
anyways.

Conex is short for container express which again is a type of shipping container and
therefore a good match to something that operates on containers and
provides a way to handle tabs and containers quickly.

fixes #46
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grahamperrin commented Sep 27, 2017

I never saw the phrase Conex in the UK, it's commonplace for people to say "shipping container" (we have people living in converted shipping containers in my city (Brighton and Hove), and so on).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conex I see various interpretations, pages such as https://www.bizapedia.com/trademarks/conex-85126705.html relate to the CONEX trademark, hopefully the owners plan nothing browser-related :-)


When I hear the phrase I think first of trains because, for years, Connex South Central served my area but the name Connex is no longer used.

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I've never heard of the word conex before this, but it sounds like an abbreviation of container extension, so I think it's okay :)

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