I'd add that the 'i' only really explicitly stood for the Internet with the iMac, and that wasn't the only meaning you could take away from it. Marketing folk often choose nomenclatures based on the many connotations associated with certain (possibly made up) words, no?
In this case, I'd argue the 'i' functions well for Apple's consumer-oriented products because 'i' reminds us of 'me,' and me... is me. Therefore, iApps are oriented toward me. :cool:
<strong>Apple should include all the OSX web browsers like they did with Netscape and Internet Explorer. During the set up assistant, it would have a screen shot of each with a radio button and a description and they can choose which one.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've said this in like 3 different forums. Seems like the best idea to me, because it provides choice and it supports other platforms. They could bundle IE, Chimera (when it's more mature), and OW, and if Apple were really cool, they'd include an OW license, like they already do with other Omni apps in the pro models
it is a clear marketing decision. i for consumers. that's how it is. who gives a **** what it stands for. it's there. it works. it's recognizable.</strong><hr></blockquote>
CHRIS KNIGHT: If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... Well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
that should piss off a certain Micr <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> s <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> ft <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
<strong>If CyberDog is finally coming home again, does this mean OpenDoc is still alive? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Assuming that the Dog is coming back, no it doesn't.
The CyberDog team was reportedly less than thrilled with the requirement that they make their baby an OpenDoc part. Furthermore, it's kind of silly to have the entirety of CD be a single OpenDoc part, like it was.
I'm sure that something like SOM (the IBM spec that OpenDoc and COM are both subsets of) will reappear in OS X. It's just too elegant and too powerful a technology to pass up, and OS X can easily evolve into an attractive host - Cocoa is already there, it's just a matter of spreading enough of its dynamic goodness to the other APIs.
But I'd be surprised if there was any correlation between an Apple browser and a reappearance of components. Not least because I expect Apple to introduce (NeXT veterans would say reintroduce) components to OS X, but also because I don't expect Apple to ship a browser (beyond Apple Help Viewer ).
On the other hand, I wouldn't put it past Apple to slip OW or Chimera an engineer or two so that they can bundle a complete non-MS browser with OS X.
I for one would love an Apple branded web browser. I hate the lack of real good solid web browsers for X. I guess with the latest release of omniweb it isnt so bad but i would still would like a web browser that could do it all. I hate that for some things I still have to refer to Internet Exploiter.
It looks like Apple is doing the most sensible thing for an OS vendor and providing baseline system libraries that any application can use, like the new JavaScript framework.
I've thought for the past couple of years that iCab, that great little browser from denmark, was ripe for acquisition by Apple. The browser really is quite remarkable and could be even better with Apple's support and resources behind it. The other great thing about it is that it is and will always be Mac-only.
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In this case, I'd argue the 'i' functions well for Apple's consumer-oriented products because 'i' reminds us of 'me,' and me... is me. Therefore, iApps are oriented toward me. :cool:
<strong>Apple should include all the OSX web browsers like they did with Netscape and Internet Explorer. During the set up assistant, it would have a screen shot of each with a radio button and a description and they can choose which one.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've said this in like 3 different forums. Seems like the best idea to me, because it provides choice and it supports other platforms. They could bundle IE, Chimera (when it's more mature), and OW, and if Apple were really cool, they'd include an OW license, like they already do with other Omni apps in the pro models
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jesus christ. stop overthinking everything.
it is a clear marketing decision. i for consumers. that's how it is. who gives a **** what it stands for. it's there. it works. it's recognizable.</strong><hr></blockquote>
CHRIS KNIGHT: If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... Well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
that should piss off a certain Micr <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> s <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> ft <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
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now it is just a marketing idea to get more people.
I thought the i in iMac was short for both internet and the word I, as in me or MiNE. I can hear Tarzan now: "I. Mac."
<strong>If CyberDog is finally coming home again, does this mean OpenDoc is still alive? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Assuming that the Dog is coming back, no it doesn't.
The CyberDog team was reportedly less than thrilled with the requirement that they make their baby an OpenDoc part. Furthermore, it's kind of silly to have the entirety of CD be a single OpenDoc part, like it was.
I'm sure that something like SOM (the IBM spec that OpenDoc and COM are both subsets of) will reappear in OS X. It's just too elegant and too powerful a technology to pass up, and OS X can easily evolve into an attractive host - Cocoa is already there, it's just a matter of spreading enough of its dynamic goodness to the other APIs.
But I'd be surprised if there was any correlation between an Apple browser and a reappearance of components. Not least because I expect Apple to introduce (NeXT veterans would say reintroduce) components to OS X, but also because I don't expect Apple to ship a browser (beyond Apple Help Viewer
On the other hand, I wouldn't put it past Apple to slip OW or Chimera an engineer or two so that they can bundle a complete non-MS browser with OS X.
Jon
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