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JERRY, THE SHIFT KEY IS NEXT TO THE LETTER Z

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neilc 18y ago
Absolutely. Personally, I think there is something mildly offensive about sending out a company-wide email announcing layoffs without bothering to capitalize your sentences. Apparently this is standard practice for Jerry Yang, though.
- jwilliams 18y ago
  Yeah I agree - I see emails without capitals all the time, but often these are brief and it indicates the author wanted to respond quickly and succinctly... When you're announcing layoffs it looks like you just did it on a whim, or with a lack of forethought. I know this is not true at all, and probably very harsh - I'm sure that is not the intent at all... but these things show sensitivity.
  - trevelyan 18y ago
    Note the use of the semi-colon in paragraph #2. I don't know anyone who uses the semi-colon in that capacity in off-the-cuff prose. The decision to stick it in lower-caps was presumably a conscious decision.
  - timtrueman 18y ago
    What you have to understand, and is pointed out very briefly in the TC article, is that EVERY email from Jerry is lowercase. I can see how some people think this is offensive, but honestly, they lack the context of every other email he's ever sent. I think Yahoos would be more worried if he started using capitals honestly.
dc2k08 18y ago
i think that the use of capital letters will decline while most of our writing is done on screen and the world becomes smaller still. most writing systems make no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. also, eventually the american spelling system will become dominant. jerry is probably incorporating the same philosophy that is highly regarded at apple, google and by many ui designers: "if it aint needed, get rid of it"
- wensing 18y ago
  jerry is probably incorporating the same philosophy that is highly regarded at apple, google and by many ui designers Still, seems like bad timing for Jerry to demonstrate his highly-regarded design philosophies. YHOO ain't AAPL or GOOG.
  - dc2k08 18y ago
    i think its always a good time to get rid of superfluous mark-up.
- jcl 18y ago
  Why stop there? "meihem in ce klasrum": http://www.english-zone.com/index.php?page=1114&pid=81 http://www.english-zone.com/index.php?page=1114&pid=81

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neilc 18y ago

Absolutely. Personally, I think there is something mildly offensive about sending out a company-wide email announcing layoffs without bothering to capitalize your sentences. Apparently this is standard practice for Jerry Yang, though.

jwilliams 18y ago
Yeah I agree - I see emails without capitals all the time, but often these are brief and it indicates the author wanted to respond quickly and succinctly... When you're announcing layoffs it looks like you just did it on a whim, or with a lack of forethought. I know this is not true at all, and probably very harsh - I'm sure that is not the intent at all... but these things show sensitivity.
- trevelyan 18y ago
  Note the use of the semi-colon in paragraph #2. I don't know anyone who uses the semi-colon in that capacity in off-the-cuff prose. The decision to stick it in lower-caps was presumably a conscious decision.
- timtrueman 18y ago
  What you have to understand, and is pointed out very briefly in the TC article, is that EVERY email from Jerry is lowercase. I can see how some people think this is offensive, but honestly, they lack the context of every other email he's ever sent. I think Yahoos would be more worried if he started using capitals honestly.

dc2k08 18y ago

i think that the use of capital letters will decline while most of our writing is done on screen and the world becomes smaller still. most writing systems make no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. also, eventually the american spelling system will become dominant. jerry is probably incorporating the same philosophy that is highly regarded at apple, google and by many ui designers: "if it aint needed, get rid of it"

wensing 18y ago
jerry is probably incorporating the same philosophy that is highly regarded at apple, google and by many ui designers Still, seems like bad timing for Jerry to demonstrate his highly-regarded design philosophies. YHOO ain't AAPL or GOOG.
- dc2k08 18y ago
  i think its always a good time to get rid of superfluous mark-up.
jcl 18y ago
Why stop there? "meihem in ce klasrum": http://www.english-zone.com/index.php?page=1114&pid=81 http://www.english-zone.com/index.php?page=1114&pid=81