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17 Dec 2012, 3:00 pm

Is there any reason why the Gmail icon is used to represent "real email" on the profile settings page on WrongPlanet?



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17 Dec 2012, 3:12 pm

Is there any reason why it shouldn't?


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17 Dec 2012, 3:50 pm

There are plenty of people who don't use Gmail, so I think a more generic icon should be used.



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17 Dec 2012, 3:52 pm

"... COULD be used."

That said, now what suggestions do you have to offer?


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17 Dec 2012, 4:05 pm

whoamiv1pt7 wrote:
There are plenty of people who don't use Gmail, so I think a more generic icon should be used.


Well, the first thing would be to find one.


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17 Dec 2012, 5:23 pm

whoamiv1pt7 wrote:
There are plenty of people who don't use Gmail, so I think a more generic icon should be used.
Seeing as how it's your profile and you're likely to be in there very rarely, and that any real email address can be used (it doesn't have to be Gmail) - what difference does it make? :?
I see an icon with "M for Mail" on it, which happens to be used by Gmail. Meh. :shrug:


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18 Dec 2012, 11:13 am

That's true. "M for Mail" does make perfect sense.

I was just asking if there was a planned reason (seems like there isn't one), especially after the major shutdown Gmail just experianced. Didn't mean to offend, if I did; no harm, no foul. (I'm really bad at interpreting emotion in text-based communications)


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18 Dec 2012, 11:26 am

whoamiv1pt7 wrote:
That's true. "M for Mail" does make perfect sense.
:lol: And there's part of the problem: if only Google had created some nifty little icon instead of using a very generic and broadly useful "M" for mail, it wouldn't have become associated with a company at all...

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Didn't mean to offend, if I did; no harm, no foul. (I'm really bad at interpreting emotion in text-based communications)
Don't worry, no offence given and none taken. Seems a fair exchange. :wink:


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