Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf
This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. This is achieved through our privacy and security oriented settings and patches. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM.
You obviously don’t need those to come up with a good name; just some taste. Signal is a great example. Ladybird and Servo are good browser names if you want to stick to that. LibreWolf? Jesus, come on guys. Forgejo is another terrible name I heard recently. Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.
We already have (had) Iceweasel, IceCat and Waterfox among others. All nice word plays on the original Firefox name. LibreWolf follows along the same path.
You don’t have to use the exact same <element><animal> naming scheme. But even if you did it’s pretty trivial to come up with better names. I bet even ChatGPT can do it. Here’s the list it came up with for me:
Thunderwolf
Breezefalcon
Stonehawk
Blazeleopard
Rainlynx
Frostowl
Lightningpanther
Shadowraven
Solarfox
Cloudtiger
Ok most are pretty trash but Stonehawk is good. Maybe Thunderwolf. Still better than LibreWolf.
the largest problem with librewolf is the difficult pronunciation, I think, just as with forgejo. stonehawk is easy, as is not a terrible name either. maybe “stone” is not terribly interesting, though. but it still seems to be an improvement for me.
what is your take on it? why do you think it’s not better?
Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf
Why are privacy/copyleft advocates so bad at naming?
As someone who doesn’t mind this name, what makes it bad?
EDIT: Someone below said difficult pronunciation. So talking about it in real life would be difficult.
It also might be relevant that I am very bad at naming things myself.
Difficult pronunciation and it also sounds like a lame “cool” name that a super nerd would think of.
They usually don’t have marketing departments or focus groups.
You obviously don’t need those to come up with a good name; just some taste. Signal is a great example. Ladybird and Servo are good browser names if you want to stick to that. LibreWolf? Jesus, come on guys. Forgejo is another terrible name I heard recently. Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.
God forbid some non-anglophone culture enters our collective consciousness.
What would you call it instead?
We already have (had) Iceweasel, IceCat and Waterfox among others. All nice word plays on the original Firefox name. LibreWolf follows along the same path.
You don’t have to use the exact same <element><animal> naming scheme. But even if you did it’s pretty trivial to come up with better names. I bet even ChatGPT can do it. Here’s the list it came up with for me:
Ok most are pretty trash but Stonehawk is good. Maybe Thunderwolf. Still better than LibreWolf.
…proceeds to not do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You don’t think Stonehawk is a better name than LibreWolf? Kind of proving my point there.
No, I don’t, does that also prove your point?
the largest problem with librewolf is the difficult pronunciation, I think, just as with forgejo. stonehawk is easy, as is not a terrible name either. maybe “stone” is not terribly interesting, though. but it still seems to be an improvement for me.
what is your take on it? why do you think it’s not better?