Call the app by its name in every sentence that names it #406

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opened 2026-09-19 21:24:51 +00:00 by jcoffey-dev · 0 comments

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APP_NAME renames an instance, but only the sign-in page, the title bar and a few headings used it. Two dozen sentences wrote "ihasmail" into themselves, so a renamed instance still told people to keep an "ihasmail" tab open, and offered to open mail links "in ihasmail".

What changed

Sentences that name the app take it as {app}, which also lets a translator put the name where their language wants it.
brand.ts grew useAppName() for components and currentAppName() for the few places that build strings outside React (the service worker's facts).
All nine catalogues keep their translations: the name inside each one became the placeholder. Three of the strings had no translation before and still fall back to English.
A test walks the sources and the catalogues so a new sentence can't hard-code the name again.

Left alone

"ihasmail" stays literal where it names something a person can go and look at, rather than the app:

the Files folder ihasmail that holds signature images and settings;
the Sieve script ihasmail;
ihasmail.org.

Checks

Type-check, lint, web tests (1403) and server tests (251) all pass.

Merged 2026-09-19 as coffey-labs/ihasmail@07b39eb9b6

_{Rebuilt from: git history, session transcript.}

`APP_NAME` renames an instance, but only the sign-in page, the title bar and a few headings used it. Two dozen sentences wrote "ihasmail" into themselves, so a renamed instance still told people to keep an "ihasmail" tab open, and offered to open mail links "in ihasmail". ### What changed - Sentences that name the app take it as `{app}`, which also lets a translator put the name where their language wants it. - `brand.ts` grew `useAppName()` for components and `currentAppName()` for the few places that build strings outside React (the service worker's facts). - All nine catalogues keep their translations: the name inside each one became the placeholder. Three of the strings had no translation before and still fall back to English. - A test walks the sources and the catalogues so a new sentence can't hard-code the name again. ### Left alone "ihasmail" stays literal where it names something a person can go and look at, rather than the app: - the Files folder `ihasmail` that holds signature images and settings; - the Sieve script `ihasmail`; - ihasmail.org. ### Checks Type-check, lint, web tests (1403) and server tests (251) all pass. **Merged** 2026-09-19 as coffey-labs/ihasmail@07b39eb9b608 <sub>Rebuilt from: git history, session transcript.</sub>

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Reference: coffey-labs/ihasmail-github-archive#406