Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail

Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by jonathanberger on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:36PM (#24425630)

Congrats on an amazing launch! You might though consider a new name before going to the App Store?

Telling someone who doesn't read HN about your app would be very difficult because "mime" and "stream" aren't words people would expect next to each other. "Mime" is also a pretty uncommon word. Getting the early adopter crowd now who understand the name is important but this app has exciting potential I think for an audience beyond that.

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by jsjohnst on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:38PM (#24427681)

Because “Amazon” is a name that in 1997 implied online bookstore? Or “Twitter” implied microblogging platform in 2008? I feel you’re over thinking it because you do know what MIME means in this case, for the average person that doesn’t, they very likely won’t think twice about it.

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by sedatk on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:46PM (#24425726)

Thunderbirds aren't common in the wild either.

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by samatman on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:05PM (#24426973)

Well, not lately, but there were plenty on the road when I was a lad.

I do think the median user would be nonplussed by a name like Mimestream. One struggles to form a mental image of a stream of mimes, and I assure you that knowing that something called MIME exists is uncommon.

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by anadem on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:32PM (#24428362)

The name does tap into the psyche though, thanks to the ancient TV show - and Indigenous tales, of course, though those are probably less widely known.

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