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appropriated name?

bartread 6y ago
Yes: the concept of browsing the web with your privacy preserved has literally zero to do with the concept of bravery. The name is clearly a statement but not one that's ever made any sense to me.
- wmeredith 6y ago
  Not sure appropriated is the word you’re looking for.
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  - ilikehurdles 6y ago
    re-appropriated
- gsich 6y ago
  The other browsers don't have "normal" names either.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    Chrome and Internet Explorer are both trivially descriptive names.
    - Grimm665 6y ago
      Internet Explorer maybe, but Chrome? I don't think "Chrome" screams web browser to me. "Safari" seems more trivial than Chrome.
      - sp332 6y ago
        https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=browser%20chrome https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=browser%20ch...
        esperent 6y ago
        Apparently the main reason Chrome has the name is that the dev team leads like fast cars and that was the initial project code name. The reference to "UI Chrome" was largely an accident. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-chrome-reason-revealed/ https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-chrome-reason-revealed...
        kristianc 6y ago
        And doesn’t actually make much sense, as Chrome when it was released made a point of having vastly less ‘chrome’ than the incumbent IE.
        yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
        But it was a thin "chrome" over webkit (well, at the time...)
        cpeterso 6y ago
        Long before Google Chrome development began (and to this day), Firefox code has used the term “chrome” internally to distinguish between privileged JavaScript code used in the Firefox UI and regular JavaScript from web content.
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        Sure "browser chrome" suggests a web browser. But "chrome" to mean user interface is pretty far down the list of definitions for chrome, and even the most generous interpretation is similar to GUI/UI/UX and that doesn't exactly say "web browser".
    - gsich 6y ago
      Internet Explorer yes, Chrome no.
- jerf 6y ago
  That's not "appropriation", that's just marketing. You can call that "appropriation" if you want but it really just dilutes the very concept you're trying to invoke.
  - projektfu 6y ago
    Right, Ubuntu might be considered an appropriated name, but hopefully not because the name is used respectfully by someone who, while not Nguni, is at least familiar with the people.
- mapgrep 6y ago
  Doesn’t have anything to do with firefoxes or electroplated chromium either. Shrug.
  - jefftk 6y ago
    Pedantic historical browser etymology note: Firefox began as Phoenix, because it was metaphorically rising from the ashes of Netscape. For trademark reasons, they changed it to Firebird. Then they learned that there was already an open source DB using that name, so they picked Firefox.
- jmkb 6y ago
  Brave bought the brave.com domain from the band Brave Combo, whose homepage was listed as http://brave.com/bo http://brave.com/bo since the early days of the web. Last year I was pleased to see that they kept a redirect in place from https://brave.com/bo https://brave.com/bo to band's new site https://bravecombo.com https://bravecombo.com but it appears they've discontinued that courtesy. Too bad.

appropriated name?

Yes: the concept of browsing the web with your privacy preserved has literally zero to do with the concept of bravery. The name is clearly a statement but not one that's ever made any sense to me.

wmeredith 6y ago
Not sure appropriated is the word you’re looking for.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- ilikehurdles 6y ago
  re-appropriated
gsich 6y ago
The other browsers don't have "normal" names either.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  Chrome and Internet Explorer are both trivially descriptive names.
  - Grimm665 6y ago
    Internet Explorer maybe, but Chrome? I don't think "Chrome" screams web browser to me. "Safari" seems more trivial than Chrome.
    - sp332 6y ago
      https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=browser%20chrome https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=browser%20ch...
      - esperent 6y ago
        Apparently the main reason Chrome has the name is that the dev team leads like fast cars and that was the initial project code name. The reference to "UI Chrome" was largely an accident. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-chrome-reason-revealed/ https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-chrome-reason-revealed...
        kristianc 6y ago
        And doesn’t actually make much sense, as Chrome when it was released made a point of having vastly less ‘chrome’ than the incumbent IE.
        yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
        But it was a thin "chrome" over webkit (well, at the time...)
        cpeterso 6y ago
        Long before Google Chrome development began (and to this day), Firefox code has used the term “chrome” internally to distinguish between privileged JavaScript code used in the Firefox UI and regular JavaScript from web content.
      - Dylan16807 6y ago
        Sure "browser chrome" suggests a web browser. But "chrome" to mean user interface is pretty far down the list of definitions for chrome, and even the most generous interpretation is similar to GUI/UI/UX and that doesn't exactly say "web browser".
  - gsich 6y ago
    Internet Explorer yes, Chrome no.
jerf 6y ago
That's not "appropriation", that's just marketing. You can call that "appropriation" if you want but it really just dilutes the very concept you're trying to invoke.
- projektfu 6y ago
  Right, Ubuntu might be considered an appropriated name, but hopefully not because the name is used respectfully by someone who, while not Nguni, is at least familiar with the people.
mapgrep 6y ago
Doesn’t have anything to do with firefoxes or electroplated chromium either. Shrug.
- jefftk 6y ago
  Pedantic historical browser etymology note: Firefox began as Phoenix, because it was metaphorically rising from the ashes of Netscape. For trademark reasons, they changed it to Firebird. Then they learned that there was already an open source DB using that name, so they picked Firefox.
jmkb 6y ago
Brave bought the brave.com domain from the band Brave Combo, whose homepage was listed as http://brave.com/bo http://brave.com/bo since the early days of the web. Last year I was pleased to see that they kept a redirect in place from https://brave.com/bo https://brave.com/bo to band's new site https://bravecombo.com https://bravecombo.com but it appears they've discontinued that courtesy. Too bad.