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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Inconsistent use of case in acronyms
From:       Kevin Donnelly <kevin () dotmon ! com>
Date:       2004-08-29 7:54:59
Message-ID: 200408290854.59839.kevin () dotmon ! com
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On Saturday 28 August 2004 8:13 pm, Vedran Ljubović wrote:
> The proper way to write acronyms in English (and most other languages that
> I know of) is in all upper case, like this: SMTP

Yes.

> Well, (to developers) if you have so many acronyms in your GUI perhaps you
> should consider rephraseing. For example, instead of "MIME type" you might
> want to say "file type", or "document type" or just "type". Most users
> wouldn't know what MIME is even if it was relevant - and usually it isn't.

Agree.

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Kevin Donnelly

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