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

Andrea Diamantini adjam7 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 11:19:56 CEST 2009


On Thursday 22 October 2009 20:17:40 Panagiotis Papadopoulos 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
> 
> -------------------
> [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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I like the idea of finding a cool name for it. :D

But, why has it to finish in -oid? :D
I cannot see the point here.
Anyway (oid or not oid) tabloid seems a good candidate, here...

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