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Where Did The Name "QuickTime" Come From?
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QuickTime actually preceded QuickDraw and QuickDraw 3D, so they likely derived their names from QuickTime. It's a good question regarding the genesis of the name, but I simply remember installing it way back on my Mac LC. I believe I started with v.2.0 or something close to that, and possibly 1.0 on my Mac SE but can't say I was too version conscious in those days (I was only 10).
I would tend to think that the name has something to do with Hypercard as that was the original multimedia application that started introducing sound, video, transitions and images all into a package (if anything PowerPoint owes due respect to Hypercard). Looking at HyperCards wiki, it looks like Quicktime did develop using Hypercard or may have began development for making Hypercard more video versatile.
I would tend to think that the name has something to do with Hypercard as that was the original multimedia application that started introducing sound, video, transitions and images all into a package (if anything PowerPoint owes due respect to Hypercard). Looking at HyperCards wiki, it looks like Quicktime did develop using Hypercard or may have began development for making Hypercard more video versatile.
Actually, I think is the other way. QuickDraw preceded QuickTime. I remember using QD with one of the original Macs (ca. 1986-87). QuickTime showed up later ... I do not remember exactly, but I think I first used it with a IIci.
Regarding the name, I guess was selected as prefix for other technologies, the same way "i" is used now.
Forgot to take a shot to the question of the OP. My guess is that on one hand QD is concerned with drawings (lines, regions, points) whereas QT is about time-dependent objects (animations), thus the name QuickTime.
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That is correct.
QuickDraw was done for the Lisa in the early 1980s. QuickTime came out somewhere around 1990.
QuickTime's name was a nod to QuickDraw.
It was Steve Jobs' nickname given to him by his wife after they had sex
And now you are expanding. Lots of thread to find, I am sure.
exactly.. this was back in the days of slow dial up modems. they were competing with Real Player among others but it didn't matter which codec you used, it was all slow.
thankfully those days are over.