[rekonq] Renaming "New Tab Page" to something cooler [Idea inside]

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos]

Forward message by jonas gastal to the mailing list, so that everybody can read it :-)

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Subject: Re: [rekonq] Renaming "New Tab Page" to something cooler [Idea inside]
Date: Thursday 22 October 2009
From: jonas gastal <jgastal at gmail.com>
To: Panagiotis Papadopoulos <pano_90 at gmx.net>

I like tabloid. I think it has a kde4 sounding name, and the reference to
tabloids(newspapers) isn't bad either.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Panagiotis Papadopoulos <pano_90 at gmx.net>wrote:

> I wondered if we could rename the "New Tab Page" to something cooler. Opera
> has with "Speed Dial" a cool "marketing" name, and rekonq should too :-D
>
> Yagami (on IRC) came up with the following (imho brilliant) idea:
>
> Tabloid
>
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> [19:47:41] <Yagami> pano:  there is only one name possible
> [19:47:53] <Yagami> since rekonq is going to be The kde4 browser :)
> [19:48:14] <Yagami> and kde4 is all about kde and plasma and new
> technologies
> [19:48:28] <Yagami> so ...
> [19:48:36] <Yagami> Favoritoid !!!
> [19:48:53] <Yagami> or Tabloid !! ( it must end in oid , like plasmoid !! )
> [19:52:44] <Yagami> pano: well , the new fav , history , closed tabs ,
> favorites list tab kinda looks like a plasmoid thing
> [19:52:59] <Yagami> so it kinda got me into the tab oid thing
>
> If you look up the definition of Tabloid in a Dictionary like [1], you can
> read the following:
>
> tab·loid
>
> n.
> A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with
> illustrated, often sensational material.
> adj.
> 1. In summary form; condensed.
> 2. Lurid or sensational.
>
> Which imho are describing the current "New Tab Page" very well imho :-P
> What do you think?
>
>
> [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tabloid
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