Microsoft Edge
Maybe it's just me, but this seems like the worst possible name for a web browser. I guess they are literally trying to be edgy?
I don't think any other company besides Microsoft could be so tin-eared as to ditch a reasonably good development name (Spartan) for something as unpleasant as "Edge".
I'm not really a hater, I wish they would get their act together, but Microsoft never seems to miss an opportunity to showcase their cluelessness...
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Edge starts with E. The new Edge logo is an E. Internet Explorer’s logo is an E.
They’re literally so terrified that people won’t comprehend what their browser is that they abandoned having a unified (and logical) naming convention just to retain the worst logo possible. These are the people for whom Microsoft makes products.
I still use Safari 5 in Windows 10.
Edge starts with E. The new Edge logo is an E. Internet Explorer’s logo is an E.
They’re literally so terrified that people won’t comprehend what their browser is that they abandoned having a unified (and logical) naming convention just to retain the worst logo possible. These are the people for whom Microsoft makes products.
I still use Safari 5 in Windows 10.
Wh…
Surface. Cube. Angle. Edge.
Geez, can’t wait for Infinite Flat Plane of Constant Gravitational Force.
Wh…
Surface. [URL=http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2014/09/24/microsoft-cube-decibel-dance-music/]Cube.[/URL] [URL=https://msopentech.com/blog/2013/12/20/msopentechcontributestoangle/]Angle.[/URL] [URL=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/browser-for-doing]Edge.[/URL]
Geez, can’t wait for Infinite Flat Plane of Constant Gravitational Force.
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I forgot the Microsoft Wedge and Arc. So now we have the Surface, Wedge, Angle, Arc and Edge. So since Microsoft is now using geometry terms for their product names, I'm going to list some more potential names that way we can make fun of now. Please add anymore that I've missed, no shapes like for example: rectangle, triangle, square, etc.
Point, Line, segment, perpendicular, obtuse, vertex, radius, scalene, isosceles, equilateral, perpendicular, diameter, circumference, symmetric, polygon, plane, glide, concave, axis ........
Glide would be a decent name for a mouse. And Vertex has a nice ring to it, could be the name for a drawing tool, like a stylus. Not sure about any of the others.
Microsoft Obtuse: Illiterate Edition!
Edge. The one from U2 fell off the other day:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32751548
Others will have different association with this word. I think it's stupid. Then again, Steve's idea for [I]MacMan[/I] was too.
Ruuuuuuunnnn, it's MacMan and he's hungry .............
That is too funny!
Yes, well, fortunately there are (were) other people in the company putting down some of Steve's ideas.