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Subject:Re: Sentence case or Title Case From:"Cassandra Greer" <cassandra -at- greer -dot- de> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:18:56 +0200 (MEST)
Lisa asked:
> Here's quick poll of preferences. If you were your system's UI designer
> would you recommend *Sentence case* or *Title Case* for labels and
> columns? Even if you lean toward both which would you select if you had
> to make one choice for uniform application?
Probably what you consider sentence case, my main reason being that it is
much easier to keep track of and is more usable in translation memory
systems. Plus some labels can get relatively long and would look dorky all
capped.
Cass :)
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