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Robo
Formerly Roboman, still
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
 
2005-11-06, 22:48

Yeah...I think it will look sorta ridiculous in retrospect.

But for now, the iNames are good, for the most part. The "i" unifies Apple's software nicely (hence, "iLife.")

But iCal has to go. Honestly. At least all the other iNames are complete words. And "iCal" doesn't make any sense, anyway. Not only is it not part of iLife, it's exactly the opposite. It's not a media-centric, "Microsoft Office for the rest of your life" app. It's a Microsoft Office-style app. And it really isn't very involved with the internet.

I think iSync and iCal should just be Sync and Calendar, kinda like how Mail is just...Mail.

iChat AV - the other non-iLife iApp - could go either way. "iChat" makes sense, because it does use the internet, and it uses the iSight, but at the same time, it's not in iLife, nor does it fit the profile for an iLife app, so...

and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong
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