[haiku-development] Re: Checking consistency of used strings
- From: "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:45:15 +0100
-- Jorge G. Mare, on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:13:02 -0800:
> > No. I feel the same. I'd write "Forward without Attachments"
> >
>
> This would be very strange and incorrect use of capitalization from a
> grammar POV, and that's the kind of use that I think we need to
> avoid.
---snip
> Capitalization on the basis of the number of words or because the
> word
> is the last one does not make any sense to me, and I don't see why we
> should apply such criteria.
Well, that's in the Apple HIG and in our current (inofficial) HIG.
> IMHNSHO, this is incorrect capitalization
> which nobody would use on printed text, and I can't find a reason or
> logic why it should be used on a GUI.
Maybe because in 3+ word menus/buttons the first and last word tend to
be the important ones, I dunno. See "Resize to Fit", "Save as Draft",
"Reply to All", "Tracker always First", "Expand new Applications",
"Always on Top", "Click to Activate"...
> If I am not wrong, in English one capitalizes proper nouns, names and
> titles (native speakers in the know, please jump in to confirm or
> deny).
I'd say so. Add to that from the Apple HIG and we're pretty much there:
"In title style, always capitalize the first and last word, even if it
is an article, a conjunction, or a preposition of four or fewer
letters."
Regards,
Humdinger
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