MSFT words I have to unpack in every meeting:
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@dotproto "One of X team's asks was that we inbox their code in our next release."
Absolutely cursed.
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@[email protected] I feel like "right click" would be more appropriate than "double click."
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@slightlyoff my ask is that you not use ask in this way
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@zachleat May I ask why?
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@slightlyoff you may but let’s circle back before we deep dive
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@slightlyoff oh it’s not just you… we have most of those plus the new one just coming in hot is “crisp” == “clear”
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@zachleat Great, I'll follow up offline.
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@slightlyoff @dotproto I learned first about these terms when I read that Clipchamp is now a Windows inbox app.
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@slightlyoff this feels more exec / older lead talk then msft specific. I've definitely heard all except "inbox" and "delighter" (that last one is so cringe omg) at Google.
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@nsa "delighter" at least has a product theory genesis, but hearing it applied to, like, some tweak to settings UI...
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Inbox is actually valid! Back from ye olde boxed software days, something like “calculator is included in the box with Windows” to “in-box” to “inbox”. Losing the hyphen makes it weird though.