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> Case insensitivity is bad design by the standards established by Norman whose book I have also read. Well, that's at least arguable. See for example https:
by gattilorenz 9y ago
> Case insensitivity is bad design by the standards established by Norman whose book I have also read.
Well, that's at least arguable. See for example
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/readers-comments-on-url-as-ui/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/readers-comments-on-url-as-...
"We don't need any more case-sensitive computers . It is now several decades since research on human errors proved the prevalence of description errors where people easily confuse two situations that are virtually identical except for a small difference"
That's from Jakob Nielsen, of the Nielsen-Norman group, in which the Norman is that Norman we both referred to.
- michaelmrose 9y agoThe context is case sensitivity in cookies in an article talking about urls. It includes no broader context although it might be suggestive of it. File systems pose different challenges than urls. Ambiguity in file systems is wholly unacceptable and its more important to be simple and correct than keep idiots from typing afile instead of Afile. Also it can be bad design in the sense that Norman described even if Norman himself disagrees.
- gattilorenz 9y agoThe context, but not the quote, which refers to computers and not cookies. Also the example that I didn't quote is referring to text editor commands, which clearly are not cookies, so the argument seems more general. Of course Norman and Nielsen could be wrong, even if they are renowned experts of this field. But please consider that you might be wrong, too :)