Re: [Usability] Question on Don't vs Do not

[David Moles <david moles vykor com>]

On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 06:35, Calum Benson wrote:
> Chris Chabot wrote:
> 
> > Since a lot of people down here (netherlands) do use english interfaces
> > on their computers, but just aint-that-fluid-with-it-yet, it might be
> > something to keep in mind?
> > 
> > (as far as interface design goes, its only one character extra, so
> > hopefully won't mess any spacing up)
> 
> You're right, it's usually better to avoid contractions or any other
> abbreviations in GUIs.  This should be in the Language section of the
> GNOME UI Guidelines, except... er, nobody's written that section yet. 
> (It *is* in the GNOME Documentation Styleguide, though, and anyone
> designing a GUI should mostly be following that too, when writing any
> labels or messages.)

Hmmm... Would it be possible to create a locale called something
like en_uk_informal, then, for those that prefer a chattier UI? :)