Re: [Usability] Inlined Evolution 2 feedback

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 23:34 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> >              5. Zip is an abbreviation for Zoning Improvement Plan,
> so
> >                 it should be capitalized as ZIP.
> 
> I despise acronyms and other assorted jargon but it could be argued
> that
> "Zip Code" has taken on a meaning of its own like scuba, radar,
> gnome, and to put it in uppercase only invites questions about what
> it stands for.  Other words like "email" have evolved and been
> simplified
> from e-mail (was it ever E-Mail or e-Mail?), so I'd bend the rules
> here
> and keep it simple.

And laser, my preferred one :)

> A more likely probley is that Zip Code is meaningless in some English
> speaking locales and "Area Code" would be a much clearer more
> approriate
> and descriptive generic term.  (We do have very simple area codes in
> Ireland and the UK has more complicated ones but I dont think any of
> us
> describe them as Zip codes).

It's called a postcode, and it doesn't really matter what it's called in
the C locale, it should be/will be translated anyway.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>