What is the correct capitalization of the webapp "gmail"? In plain text on the Google site it is referred to as Gmail, but the logo suggests GMail. I have also seen on this site gmail or even gMail.
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closed as off topic by Sathya♦ Nov 28 '12 at 17:00
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Internally at Google we have flip flopped between GMail and Gmail, but we've settled on the latter. Gmail it is. |
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It is newspaper editors and journalists that sweat the most over details like this, so I think this is off topic. That said, a quick search of Google News shows most (all?) news outlets writing "Gmail" The logo has a capital M solely because they wanted to fit an envelope icon into the logo. |
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According to the help documentation, it's "Gmail":
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Since it was even called Google mail for a long time in a few places, I'd say Gmail! |
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