On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 22:31, Joern Konopka
<cldx3000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Fact that everyone and His Mom know what an "App" is can mostly be credited to the Fact that Apple created some of the most simple advertisements in History with strong visual emphasis on how to use the aforementioned Apps.
Think of it this way, you know what's an App cause? There simply isn't anything else in the UI, so those Icons MUST be the Apps.
This simple metaphor cannot be transported to a Desktop since the UI is just radically different.
"Cannot" is a little strong, don't you think?