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I'm the same way. I've gotten used to using a Mac for work; there are the few things I need to know how to run, and I've more or less figured those out. Even af

by JCSato 8y ago

I'm the same way. I've gotten used to using a Mac for work; there are the few things I need to know how to run, and I've more or less figured those out. Even after that, though, I was utterly useless last week trying to send an email for my mom on her iPhone.

fastball 8y ago
1. Open Mail 2. Click compose button How could that possibly be difficult of all things?
- julianz 8y ago
  I've never been able to understand why mail apps insist on the word Compose. Is it an American thing? I've never wanted to compose a piece of text, and never heard the word used in that way.
  - smogcutter 8y ago
    It's the word gmail uses as well.
    - kkarakk 8y ago
      no the word gmail uses is "+"
      - badwolf 8y ago
        https://imgur.com/a/dFx48CV https://imgur.com/a/dFx48CV
        kkarakk 8y ago
        I do see a "+" front and center though,which is not the case on apple devices. even if I don't know what compose means, I do know that + probably means creating a email
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - mixmastamyk 8y ago
    Sounds a bit grandiose from here in California.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    What word would you use to describe the action of creating a new message?
    - jpindar 8y ago
      write or create or new
  - toasterlovin 8y ago
    To be clear: whatever the button is called, it doesn't have any text on iOS (which, as far as I can tell, is what OP was talking about). It's just an icon of a pencil writing on paper.
    - dkonofalski 8y ago
      To be even clearer: It's literally one of only 4 buttons on the main Mail screen (the others being Back, Edit, and Filter). If you just go to Mail and don't even attempt a guess, that's on you.
  - rabboRubble 8y ago
    It's from the older phrase "compose a letter". Since letters were replaced with email, the phrase became "compose an email".
  - tk75x 8y ago
    Compose is defined as putting together many pieces into one coherent work. Most people associate it with music, where composers put together notes until they make up a piece of music. In the mail app context it also makes perfect sense as you are composing a larger piece of work (your letter) from smaller individual elements (words). TL;DR - Compose is the correct word to use.

by JCSato 8y ago

fastball 8y ago

1. Open Mail 2. Click compose button How could that possibly be difficult of all things?

julianz 8y ago
I've never been able to understand why mail apps insist on the word Compose. Is it an American thing? I've never wanted to compose a piece of text, and never heard the word used in that way.
- smogcutter 8y ago
  It's the word gmail uses as well.
  - kkarakk 8y ago
    no the word gmail uses is "+"
    - badwolf 8y ago
      https://imgur.com/a/dFx48CV https://imgur.com/a/dFx48CV
      - kkarakk 8y ago
        I do see a "+" front and center though,which is not the case on apple devices. even if I don't know what compose means, I do know that + probably means creating a email
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- mixmastamyk 8y ago
  Sounds a bit grandiose from here in California.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  What word would you use to describe the action of creating a new message?
  - jpindar 8y ago
    write or create or new
- toasterlovin 8y ago
  To be clear: whatever the button is called, it doesn't have any text on iOS (which, as far as I can tell, is what OP was talking about). It's just an icon of a pencil writing on paper.
  - dkonofalski 8y ago
    To be even clearer: It's literally one of only 4 buttons on the main Mail screen (the others being Back, Edit, and Filter). If you just go to Mail and don't even attempt a guess, that's on you.
- rabboRubble 8y ago
  It's from the older phrase "compose a letter". Since letters were replaced with email, the phrase became "compose an email".
- tk75x 8y ago
  Compose is defined as putting together many pieces into one coherent work. Most people associate it with music, where composers put together notes until they make up a piece of music. In the mail app context it also makes perfect sense as you are composing a larger piece of work (your letter) from smaller individual elements (words). TL;DR - Compose is the correct word to use.