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[Jakob Eriksson <jakob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Funny, I feel exactly the opposite. Firefox, Chrome etc are strong brands.
Trying to compete with such
a strong brand, with another "Midori" is just not possible.

"Internet" or "Web" on the other hand are sort of brands of the world in and
of themselves.
We should cash in on that instead of fighting an up hill battle.


best regards,
Jakob



On December 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Midori is the only default app that I still feel we shouldn't give a generic
> name. People already feel like it's not a "real" browser because they
> haven't heard of it. Calling it a generic name would only add to that
> problem, IMHO.
>
> Best Regards,
> Daniel Foré
>
> El dic 10, 2012, a las 2:50 p.m., Alfredo Hernández
> <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> > I, personally, prefer Internet over Web, it's clear and it doesn't make me
> > think about Internet Explorer.
> >
> > El 10/12/2012 23:03, "Sam Tate" <s@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> >> I'm all for generic names. It's much nicer for users, and feels better. I
> >> mean "Internet" or "Web" is much nicer to me than "Midori".
> >>
> >> On 10 Dec 2012 11:52, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff"
> >> <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> 2012/12/10 Victor Eduardo <victor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>> > Wow, that video was absolutely worth watching. It proves that generic
> >>> > names
> >>> > are better in the eyes of new users, and fit more into how elementary
> >>> > is
> >>> > perceived.
> >>>
> >>> Technically, one test doesn't prove anything (probability theory and
> >>> stuff), but I agree the results are very useful and valuable. User
> >>> testing is very important, and grassroots user testing is the only one
> >>> we can get right now.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a lot to Philip and his mum for carrying out the testing!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
> >>> OS architect @ elementary
> >>>
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