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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


"Taskfox" is a codename. Don't expect Firefox to ship using this name. This page is a list of suggested names, thoughts on names, and general terminology. Feel free to add to it.
"Taskfox" is [http://www.taskfox.fr/ a codename]. Don't expect Firefox to ship using this name. This page is a list of suggested names, thoughts on names, and general terminology. Feel free to add to it.


# Do not remind novice users of the hell that was DOS.
# Do not remind novice users of the hell that was DOS.
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# <s>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Fox Kit]</s> Alex Faaborg basically [http://www.indolering.com/indolering.com/Ubiquity_Blog/Entries/2009/3/11_Naming_Ubiquity_in_Firefox.html killed] (see the comments) the idea of using any foxes as potential names.
# <s>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Fox Kit]</s> Alex Faaborg basically [http://www.indolering.com/indolering.com/Ubiquity_Blog/Entries/2009/3/11_Naming_Ubiquity_in_Firefox.html killed] (see the comments) the idea of using any foxes as potential names.
#[http://www.indolering.com/indolering.com/Ubiquity_Blog/Entries/2009/3/11_Naming_Ubiquity_in_Firefox.html Tricks] Ubiquity won't be so much a thing as a function of Firefox.  Like searching using the search bar, going backwards with the back button, etc.  Trick steers clear of CLI references and it’s a clue to the user that (like a pet) Ubiquity doesn’t understand language but it will perform specific actions in response to specific commands.
#[http://www.indolering.com/indolering.com/Ubiquity_Blog/Entries/2009/3/11_Naming_Ubiquity_in_Firefox.html Tricks] Ubiquity won't be so much a thing as a function of Firefox.  Like searching using the search bar, going backwards with the back button, etc.  Trick steers clear of CLI references and it’s a clue to the user that (like a pet) Ubiquity doesn’t understand language but it will perform specific actions in response to specific commands.
#Skip naming it as a separate entity since, to the user, it's just part of the URL bar (much like we don't talk about gecko or chrome in the user facing stuff)
#Awesomebar 2.0
#Commands
#Actions (kinda Microsofty)


=== Not so serious ===
=== Not so serious ===


# Taskfox
#*Definition of Task:
##  A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
##  A difficult or tedious undertaking.
##  A function to be performed; an objective.
##  SYNONYMS  task, job, chore, stint, assignment. '''These nouns denote a piece of work that one must do. A task is a well-defined responsibility that is usually imposed by another and that may be burdensome''': I stayed at work late to finish the task at hand....”
# Taskbar
# Taskbar
# Task Killer
# Hot Shots
# Flow
# Really Awesomebar
# Really Awesomebar
# Awesomerbar
# Awesomerbar
# Ninja Bar
# Ninja Fox


== Terminology ==
== Terminology ==


# ?
# ?
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