It actually looks like at least some of the research might indicate that mixed case is harder to read than all upper case, at least when ease of reading is measured by time taken to recognize legal words.
For example, see http://iipdm.haifa.ac.il/case_alteration.pdf. Steven -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek M Jones Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PPIG discuss: Effect of letter casing on readability Steven, >Thanks for all the interesting responses. From what I have gathered, it >appears that there is a consensus that mixed case has better legibility >than all upper case. However, I am still tracking down references to I think people were expressing personal opinions, and these were not based on published research. The following describes a study of what might be described as extreme alternation. @Article{Herdman_99, author = "Chris M. Herdman and Donna Chernecki and Dennis Norris", title = "Naming {cAsE} {aLtErNaTeD} words", journal = "Memory \& Cognition", volume = "27", number = "2", pages = "254--266", year = "1999", online = "paper", } >etc. Rather, I'm interested in this topic from the point of view of >writing coding guidelines for class names, method names or parameters >that are typically abbreviated, such as XML (or Xml). Then you should definitely look at www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/sent782.pdf This cites plenty of research. The only reliable positive factors are derived from past experience (ie the character sequences encountered while reading text {which most people have read in significantly greater quantities than code}). derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
