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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?