Gmail users

I know there are a lot of Apple Gmail users, I'm going to open a Gmail account and want to know if you used your real name when filing out the account info (not user name)?

 

I just put in some random name

 

I used my real name, I don't really care...

 

I used my real name, because that's what shows up when you email people with gmail.

 

I used a shortened name, my first name and initial of my last name.

 

where does it show up

 

It shows up in your email recipient's inbox. So the recipient sees who sent that email out. You can use your real name, you can type in "John Doe" and that's what will show up as the sender of the email when you send the email to someone.

 

I would have thought just the user name would have shown up.

 

Nope, you get "John Smith ([email protected])" so the name pretty much matters. Unless you don't care about that.

 

You don't have to have your name show up. You can set it to just display the email address, which is what I did.

It already had my real name, because I've got a Google Checkout account.

 

BTW, there is also a nifty little utility that is called gDisk (I think) that lets you mount your gmail account and use it to store files. It's pretty nice. Great for storing some of those files that need to be backed up in multiple locations, and aren't to large.

 

I used my real name.

 

one of the few things i did use my real name for.

 

!!! And here all this time I'd thought stealthsniper96 was your real name...

 

whos to say it isnt. . . . .

 

also using google notifier and growl is awesome. at my university practically everything can be notified by email e.g. when a washing machine opens up I'm instantly notified by a bubble in the corner so I can grab it before anyone else can

 

I don't really understand what Growl is for, why it's needed. And Google Notified doesn't use it. I'm impressed with the Macintosh version. Just tried it today, to see if it was as good as the Windows one, and it turns out it's way better. Practically makes it seem like you're using a native email program.

 

Growl basically is a notifier that many Mac applications use. By default, Growl simply pops up bubbles on your screen notifying you of events depending on your program (i.e. certain IRC messages, download completion for ftp programs, program updates using Application Updater, your fish dying, new mail, etc. etc. etc.)