asmeurer Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 The Mac fonts are perfectly capable of displaying the greek letter µ. So why then do you use "u"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneButMe Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 µTorrent is used from within the program. And Mac might be able to type it, but for people who launch with quicksilver/launchbar/spotlight, typing µ to search takes a few seconds longer then just 'u'. Does it make that much of a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Is this about the .app package name...? If so, couldn't you just rename it...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmeurer Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Actually, the reason I noticed was that I was using a launcher and typed "µ" and got nothing. And I did rename it. But none of that answers my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 If it doesn't answer your question, then clarify your question. As I see it, NoOneButMe has answered your question quite directly. It might not be the answer you'd like to have read, but it's an answer nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 selecting an application bundle and pressing cmd+i will show you some information about that bundle. There you could also add tags to the application, like "µtorrent, bittorrent, torrent". The next time you search for "torrent", "µtorrent" or "bittorrent" in spotlight, spotlight will find the utorrent application bundle.Might be a good idea to include these tags on the utorrent.app-folder by default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneButMe Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 If you want the tags, create a thread in the Feature Requests section instead of in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haruspex Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Just summarizing my thoughts:A) You can change the name of the app yourself to suit your taste. Quicksilver and Spotlight don't need the first letter to perform a search. If you type "tor," the app shows up as well. Personally, I'd rather type "ut" than "µ" as it's faster from the home row, and Quicksilver is all about sticking to the home row.C) The OP wanted to know the actual reason why the dev team chose to use "u" instead of "µ" in the title of the application. Naming solutions is somewhat off-topic. Naming guesses is on topic but not the actual answer.D) Quicksilver uses a special character set in its app name, "Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ." So, it's certainly not a new thing in the Mac world to use odd characters in an app title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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