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Developer · Jul 1, 2004, 10:40 AM

Dear Apple,

please do not rename the web browser application Safari to Safari RSS and please do not add an RSS symbol to the Safari application icon (like you did with the silly camera symbol in iChat).

The undersigned

gorickey · Jul 1, 2004, 10:43 AM

Agreed.

philzilla · Jul 1, 2004, 10:53 AM

yeah, because Apple really pays a lot of attention to threads on MacNN.

i'm being sarcastic there, for the stupid people who didn't pick up on it.

Moose · Jul 1, 2004, 11:19 AM

Dear Developer,

Please petition the sky not to turn green. Not only is it necessary for you to do this, but your petition will also ensure that the sky does not turn green!

Love,
Moose

P.S. Look at the goddamned video of "Safari RSS" and tell me where the App name or icon has changed.

Millennium · Jul 1, 2004, 11:38 AM

Despite the demo page, the actual name of the Safari app is not changing. It will not be called "Safari RSS"; no worries on that score.

For that matter, there is no indication that Apple will be adding an RSS symbol to the app icon. It is adding an RSS symbol (though not the standard one, which is orange) to the URL field, but this is by no means the same thing.

ryju · Jul 1, 2004, 11:54 AM

We must have missed the boat Developer is on, I'm failing to see any indication of Safari becoming Safari RSS.

Developer · Jul 1, 2004, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by Millennium:
For that matter, there is no indication that Apple will be adding an RSS symbol to the app icon.

From apple.com:

Moose · Jul 1, 2004, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
From apple.com:

Did you even look at the goddamned QuickTime movie?

Marketing != Reality.

sushiism · Jul 1, 2004, 01:02 PM

Dear Apple

Please could you provide Developer with a decent education so as to not make such a fool out of him/her self in future.

The undersigned

p.s please change the name to Developer RSS too.

Millennium · Jul 1, 2004, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
From apple.com:

That is not necessarily the actual application icon. More likely -much more likely, by orders of magnitude- it's just a quick graphic put up there to show that Safari is getting RSS support. It is not intended to become the Safari application icon.

Randman · Jul 1, 2004, 01:10 PM

If it it, CHANGE THE ICON!

That's simple. Or DON'T USE SAFARI IN TIGER!

Or DON'T BUY TIGER!

Really, this is a silly thread. At first, I was hoping this was a petition to ask Apple to release its RSS feature in the next version of Safari and not in 2.0 next year.

Developer · Jul 1, 2004, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
It is not intended to become the Safari application icon.

How would you know? They added a camera symbol to iChat as well. Everywhere on Apple's website they call it "Safari RSS" not "Safari" with RSS. Jobs called it like that all the time during the presentation.

When that's released in Tiger with the disfigured icon it's too late. That's why this petition now is so important.

Moose · Jul 1, 2004, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
How would you know? They added a camera symbol to iChat as well.

The first public build of iChat AV had the camera icon. The camera didn't show up later. The icon is the icon.

When that's released in Tiger with the disfigured icon it's too late. That's why this petition now is so important.

Yes. Because Safari will work very differently with a different icon!

Can we get this thread locked, please?

philzilla · Jul 1, 2004, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
When that's released in Tiger with the disfigured icon it's too late. That's why this petition now is so important.

oooh, yes! it's important! let's focus on the really important issues here! f*ck getting a faster Finder, just as long as they don't call their browser Safari RSS!

dude, wake up.

ambush · Jul 1, 2004, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
How would you know? They added a camera symbol to iChat as well. Everywhere on Apple's website they call it "Safari RSS" not "Safari" with RSS. Jobs called it like that all the time during the presentation.

When that's released in Tiger with the disfigured icon it's too late. That's why this petition now is so important.

Lol.

And you won't be able to rename it & change the icon?

JayTay · Jul 1, 2004, 02:39 PM

Ahem

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/

I haven't had a chance to talk about this, but I thought I'd again start by briefly clearing up a point of confusion. Safari RSS is not the name of the entire Safari browser on Tiger. It is the name of the RSS/Atom feature in Safari itself. If you pull down the About information in Safari on Tiger, you'll see that the version is 2.0.

Developer · Jul 1, 2004, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by JayTay:
Safari RSS is not the name of the entire Safari browser on Tiger. It is the name of the RSS/Atom feature in Safari itself.

Hurray!

Millennium · Jul 1, 2004, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
Hurray!

Mind you, it seems as though most people knew this already.

Out of honest curiosity, what would have been wrong with the name change anyway?

wulf · Jul 2, 2004, 02:16 AM

FWIW:

In the Tiger DP the icon is the same. Safari is still called Safari. It only displays the (fairly discrete) 'RSS' in the URL bar when one accesses an RSS feed.

jac · Jul 2, 2004, 07:42 AM

Holy crap! The petition actually worked!!!!! Congrats!

moki · Jul 2, 2004, 08:02 AM

Originally posted by Millennium:
Mind you, it seems as though most people knew this already.

yep

Developer · Jul 2, 2004, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by Millennium:
Mind you, it seems as though most people knew this already.

Horsepoo!!! · Jul 2, 2004, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by Developer:

Why are you rolling your eyes at him when everyone should be rolling their eyes at you.

IBTL.

Randman · Jul 2, 2004, 10:32 AM

I hope it was rolling the eyes in chagrin.

absmiths · Jul 2, 2004, 11:01 AM

This poll needed a third choice - I don't really care either way.

absmiths · Jul 2, 2004, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
I hope it was rolling the eyes in chagrin.

No, those are haughty eyes. This is chagrin -

posthumanus · Jul 2, 2004, 11:06 AM

i can't find a MacNN RSS feed

is it possible or practical?

like a tickertape scrolling across the bottom of my desktop, like they have on network news

are there any .apps for this anyway (not just for MacNN)?

just a link or 2 would do

thanx>

posthumanus

Spheric Harlot · Jul 2, 2004, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
Dear Apple,

please do not rename the web browser application Safari to Safari RSS and please do not add an RSS symbol to the Safari application icon (like you did with the silly camera symbol in iChat).

The undersigned

Shouldn't you be picking your toenails or doing the laundry or something?

I mean, really - if you seriously give even a whiff of a flying ****, something is out of whack.

And yes, RSS support *is* a big deal.

-s*

- - e r i k - - · Jul 2, 2004, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by jac:
Holy crap! The petition actually worked!!!!! Congrats!

LOL!

philzilla · Jul 2, 2004, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by posthumanus:
i can't find a MacNN RSS feed

http://www.macnn.com/macnn.rss

cybergoober · Jul 2, 2004, 12:54 PM

This thread is effingham QUALITY!!

turtle777 · Jul 2, 2004, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
[B]Dear Apple,

please do not rename the web browser application Safari to Safari RSS

Hey, there is a neat feature in the Finder called RENAME !

You should check it out !

-t

ApeInTheShell · Jul 3, 2004, 12:18 AM

Although you could copy the icon and paste it on the new safari I can see the annoyance
with RSS in front. To a new user it would be awkward and they might wonder what RSS meant until they used the new Safari.
I would say your petition would make sense if it was in the customization forum because mac users find the smallest problems. Don't get me wrong, I like GUI people but some things shouldn't be petitioned for.

The camera in iChat AV is an indicator for what it does like TextEdit or iCal. Just like the green note in iTunes shows we are using version 4. Under your plan there could be no changes in icons. This goes back to the whole "Mac OS X is like candy" argument.

Xeo · Jul 3, 2004, 12:35 AM

Ok, a couple of things here. 1) This is a software thread and it goes in the Software forum. 2) The question has been settled as per a previous post. 3) It's degenerating into a bitch fest. 4) The lock.