Comments on: Photoshopped Mail.app on TV? http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sam http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24199 sam Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:27:35 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24199 i saw this episode, and i think the reason for the modification was obvious. in the story, the girl (pictured) has been ignoring her boyfriend for a couple days, and he has been losing his mind, incessantly sending her emails. you see, the girl had gotten pregnant, and decided to terminate the pregnancy, and the boy was bombarding her with dozens of emails, each one containing a possible name for the baby. by moving the preview pane to the right, we could see the long long list of incoming emails, and read them along the right side. with the actual Mail app arrangement (preview on the bottom) it would have been quite as clear just how many emails he'd sent. i saw this episode, and i think the reason for the modification was obvious.

in the story, the girl (pictured) has been ignoring her boyfriend for a couple days, and he has been losing his mind, incessantly sending her emails. you see, the girl had gotten pregnant, and decided to terminate the pregnancy, and the boy was bombarding her with dozens of emails, each one containing a possible name for the baby.

by moving the preview pane to the right, we could see the long long list of incoming emails, and read them along the right side. with the actual Mail app arrangement (preview on the bottom) it would have been quite as clear just how many emails he’d sent.

]]> By: smorr http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24175 smorr Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:57:22 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24175 A couple of other things new mail button is labelled "write" -- it is "new" in Tiger Date received lists Time first, date second. I don't know if this order can be changed in system prefs but I don't think it can In message panel, the "date" field is listed as "received" It almost looks like it could be a weird prerelease of tiger mail from some time ago. A couple of other things
new mail button is labelled “write” — it is “new” in Tiger
Date received lists Time first, date second. I don’t know if this order can be changed in system prefs but I don’t think it can
In message panel, the “date” field is listed as “received”

It almost looks like it could be a weird prerelease of tiger mail from some time ago.

]]> By: scott lewis http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24174 scott lewis Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:56:50 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/18/photoshopped-mailapp-on-tv/#comment-24174 Every computer screen seen on television or in a film should be considered an animated mock-up until proven otherwise. There are too many variables involved for a production to risk using a real system most of the time. (Random crashes, actors not being able to type, getting sued for having an Apple -- or Microsoft -- logo on the bad guy's computer, etc.) If it seems like the computer is following the actor's movements/commands: remember that TV has the advantage of being scripted. :) Every computer screen seen on television or in a film should be considered an animated mock-up until proven otherwise. There are too many variables involved for a production to risk using a real system most of the time. (Random crashes, actors not being able to type, getting sued for having an Apple — or Microsoft — logo on the bad guy’s computer, etc.)

If it seems like the computer is following the actor’s movements/commands: remember that TV has the advantage of being scripted. :)

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