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当 Mozilla 推出最新移动浏览器 Fennec 时，很多人需要借助 Wikipedia才知道 Fennec 是什么意思，Web 2.0 产品以各种古怪的命名著称，要么非常拗口，象 Flickr，要么很 cute，象 Google，或者干脆不知所云，有时候用的是一些你从没听说过的动物。
Bango
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这个移动分析公司的命名的由来很让人摸不着头脑，Bango 有时候指的是鳐鱼（rays）。鳐鱼分很多种类，有的有毒，有的放电，它们都属于鲨鱼科，非常危险，
Fennec
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和 Firefox 不同，Fennec Fox 是真正的狐狸，Mizzila 以 Fennec 命名移动 Firefox 的原因可能是这种狐狸在狐狸中个头最小，体重1.5公斤，体长40厘米，但长着一双大耳朵，足有15厘米长。它生活于北非的撒哈拉沙漠，吃老鼠，昆虫，鸟，蛋，对移动上网并无兴趣。
Firefox
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Firefox 并非一种多么 Cool 的狐狸，它事实上是一种非常特殊的物种，和 Firefox 浏览器的 Logo 看上去很象。它的名字叫 Red Panda （生活于中国四川地区的一种小猫熊，浣熊科 - 译者）
Myna
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Aviary 公司设计的音频编辑软件，和他们的所有产品一样，以鸟命名。Mynas 是八哥的一种，生活在东南亚地区，善于模仿各种声音。
Songbird
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基于 Firefox 的媒体播放器，Songbird 也以鸟命名。尽管该产品的新旧 Logog 看上去可 Songbird 并不想象。Songbird （或名 oscine）属于孔雀类，它的发声器官可以发出各种音调。
Tern
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是 Aviary 即将推出的地形图生成工具软件。Tern 是海鸥的一种。
Thunderbird
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和前面提到的各种动物不同，Thunderbird 已经灭绝，或压根不曾存在过，它们中的一个种叫做 terror birds，是一种体形庞大，不会飞的鸟，曾生活在南美地区，性情残暴。
Thunderbird 曾是 Mozilla最重要的产品之一，如今也差不多同样面临着灭绝的危险，因为现在没有多少人还关心桌面 e-mail 客户端。
Yahoo
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通常认为，Yahoo 的命名来自史蒂文生的名著《格列佛游记》中一种人面兽身的动物，Yahoo 还有另外一个意思，它是灰冠弯嘴鹛（Grey-crowned Babbler）的另一个俗称，生活在澳大利亚，印度尼西亚，以及巴布新几内亚。
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8 Unusual Animals of Web Branding October 21, 2008 - 1:34 pm PDT - by Stan Schroeder 6 Comments
WhenI saw that Mozilla’s latest offering, a Web browser for mobile, wascalled Fennec, I had to enlist the help of Wikipedia to see what thename meant. It’s another curious naming scheme in the world of Web 2.0;besides ![]() awfully spelled words, cute baby words or just plain nonsense, we also have “animals you probably haven’t heard of.”
Unless you’re a biologist or an expert in rare animals, you might becurious to know what these names are all about, and we did all thedirty work for you.
![]() Bango- I’ve got no idea where this mobile analytics company got their namefrom, but Bango Fish is sometimes used as another name for rays,so I’ve decided to include the name here. Rays come in severalvarieties, some of them poisonous, some electric; they’re related tosharks, and as we all probably remember, they can be quite dangerous.I’m not sure which exact species can be addressed by the name “Bango,”so I’d be grateful if someone could shed some light on this.
![]() Fennec - unlike the Firefox, the Fennec Foxis actually a fox. The folks at Mozilla probably named their mobilebrowser after the Fennec because the animal is quite small for a fox,weighing up to 1.5 kg with a body length of up to 40 cm. What it lacksin general size, it makes up in ear size, which can grow up to 15 cm inlength. It lives in the Sahara Desert of North Africa, feeds onrodents, insects, birds, eggs, and probably doesn’t care much aboutmobile browsing.
![]() Firefox- contrary to the popular belief, Firefox is not just a very cool foxor a fox on fire; it’s a distinct animal species that actually looksquite similar to the one on the popular Web browser’s logo. Its name isRed Panda,it’s a herbivorous mammal that feeds on bamboo, and lives only in theHimalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos, Nepal, and Burma. Ifyou ever see one, please don’t try to spin it into the Firefox logoposition for photographing; it won’t like it and will probably biteyou.
![]() Myna, Aviary’s audio editor is - like all Aviary’s products - named after a bird. The mynas are birdsof the starling family (Sturnidae), a group of birds which occurnaturally only in southern and eastern Asia. They prefer the opencountry, eat insects and fruit, and some of them are quite good atimitating sounds.
![]() Songbird - the Firefox-based media player, Songbird is also named after an animal. Although neither Songbird’s old nor new logo look much like it. Songbird or oscineis “a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri, in which the vocal organis developed in such a way as to produce various sound notes, commonlyknown as bird song.” There are many species of songbirds; interestinglyenough, crows - which produce rather unpleasant sounds, at least to thehuman ear - are one of them.
![]() Tern- in Web terms, is Aviary’s upcoming online terrain generator tool.Just like Myna, it’s not currently available even as an alpha product,but given Aviary’s track record, they’re both bound to be veryinteresting products. Tern, the birdis a seabird in the family Sternidae, a relative of gulls and skimmers.Most hunt fish by diving, but they’re not particularly fond ofswimming.
![]() Thunderbird - unlike other animals in this list, is either extinct or never existed,depending on which type of thunderbird you’re referring to.Phorusrhacidae, also known as terror birds, were giant flightless birdsthat lived in South America during the Cenozoic, and they weren’t niceat all, especially if they considered you as prey (which they often didwith mammals of all sizes).
If we’re talking cryptozoology, Thunderbird is a large bird-likecreature rumored by some to still wander the Americas. Mozilla’sThunderbird - once a very important part of their product range - todayseems to be on the verge of extinction, too. It’s still being activelydeveloped, and it’s a great e-mail client; the problem is that no onereally cares much about desktop e-mail clients anymore.
![]() Yahoo- besides being the popular Web portal and “the company that shouldhave taken Microsoft’s offer before everything went to hell,” the wordyahoo usually denominates a loud, unintelligent brute. However, there’sanother meaning to the word: it’s the popular name for the Grey-crowned Babbler,a bird that inhabits Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.Besides its rather specific call which probably gave her the nameYahoo, it doesn’t seem to be particularly interesting.
Know of another Web service or product named after an animal? Please, name it in the comments, we’d like to hear about it! |
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