Re: "untitled" vs "Untitled"
Re: "untitled" vs "Untitled"
- Subject: Re: "untitled" vs "Untitled"
- From: m <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:10:42 -0700
On Jul 9, 2005, at 11:58 PM, Ali Ozer wrote:
Lowercasing a name is a technique that doesn't apply in all
languages; in addition, these days we have the proxy icon, which
more clearly states whether the document has been saved on disk, in
addition to the dot in the close box, which indicates whether it is
currently saved or not. Neither of these techniques was around
when this guideline was written up. But these days the lowercasing
of "untitled" is unnecessary in addition to being incomplete and
unsightly.
So it's true then? Engineering has taken over user experience/
interface design at Apple these days? Perhaps that explains things
like cmd-+ requiring that I hold down the cmd key, the plus key, and
the shift key (on US keyboards at least)...
At least Safari and Mail handle this correctly.
In any case, I believe that common title capitalization conventions
(e.g. as in the Chicago Manual of Style <http://
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org>) are behind this particular guideline.
That's why a capitalized "Untitled" looks like a title, whereas
"untitled" does not. In English anyway. Turkish too, I might add. ;)
_murat
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