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A11y, i18n, l10n. These all have been around for decades.
by parasti 3y ago
A11y, i18n, l10n. These all have been around for decades.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoAnd yet people are still surprised, because they thought they meant something else. Seems about as accessible as coloring the Save button bright red and the back button bright Green.
- kurthr 3y agoYes, but they are s4d. It's like l33t grew up and made a mess of localization, internationalization, and translation. The numeronym thing feels so exclusive, like a16z. I wonder, if the international web folks like it, because it's their own language. It's true they've seen use since before 2000, but they've also been declining since 2008 (each peaking along with l33t except for a11y, which peaked during WWI, if you believe GoogNGram). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym Please explain, l10nel m35si li5.
- parasti 3y agoThose are very different things in my mind. Someone at Wikipedia probably voted to merge.
- kurthr 3y agoMaybe, but their usage peaked at the same time 2006-2010 as l33t did. I'm not convinced that's an accident.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> Yes, but they are s4d. Wow, this works both as numeronym and 1337. And in both senses, I agree. Kudos!
- marcosdumay 3y agoOuch, it's localization! It took me 2 pages of DDG to find that word by searching the acronym(?). Now I know it's an L and not an upper-case I.