Thursday, August 17, 2006

468. iQuestion

Why did Apple name its email program simply Mail?

Why not iMail?

3 comments:

Sara said...

It gets worse. In the techie community, it's called mail.app. Like we need to be reminded it is an application. It's very "Microsoft" of Apple to add a "association" onto the name of a program.

BTW: I love Mail. More than Thunderbird, more than my web client. Elegant and quick, it works great!

Did you know that Mail's date format on emails in the inbox varies according to the width of the column? SWOON!

Oscar Madison said...

When my comment gets too long, I have to just write it up as a blog post.

Unknown said...

Sara: Swoon, indeed! I've tried various other .apps, and nothing compares to Apple.

.app, that's funny. I think I'm going to add ".app" when I write about other programs. Is Blogger an application? I love Blogger.app. The comment section.app is pretty good, too. The word verification.app is sometimes annoying, but it's fun to make up words and definitions for them.

Oscar: Ooops. I should write a post, too.

.............
pddubs: Dubs you buy on Pay Day. What are dubs? Good question...

Hey! It's in the Urban Dictionary:
DUBS: noun- twenty inch rims and only twenty inch rims. For anything larger see twankie dueces, dub dueces, or duece dueces. Smaller, see dub minus dueces.

Twankie dueces? Oh my!!!

AND...
blusaa (blus-aa): What the kids who buy dubs would call one who blushes over such an extravagant purchase.