On Tue Sep 17 2013 at 17:58:17, philostein wrote:

> I don't actually know. Quicksilver is an old name for mercury, if that helps. 
> :)


Some of the file names make me wonder if the original name was QuickStep, but 
Quicksilver is obviously better.

I think the connection to mercury is intentional. Just look at its symbol.

“Quick” in this context means alive (living silver), as in “the quick and the 
dead”.

Hopefully that helps.

-- 
Rob McBroom
<http://www.skurfer.com/>

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