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mlajtos / mosaic

A tiling web browser.
MIT License
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Name already used #24

Closed megatux closed 4 years ago

megatux commented 4 years ago

Did you know the venerable NCSA Mosaic? The second browser in history! I still remember trying it. I think it's not a good idea to steal that name.

Some sites still available:

mlajtos commented 4 years ago

https://github.com/mlajtos/mosaic/blob/master/DesignDecisions.md#mosaic

It was a conscious decision to pay homage. Nobody really uses it anymore and it was officially been dead (no development, no support) for almost 24 years. I think it is safe until some lawyer will put their soul into this. :)

niutech commented 3 years ago

I still think it is an unfortunate decision to name your project Mosaic. The original Mosaic browser not being used does not mean it is not being searched for. In fact, NCSA Mosaic was the first popular web browser, so it is still recognizable for historical reasons. There are 78,800,000 results in Google for Mosaic browser. Stealing its fame is not paying homage. Consider changing your project name.