I agree - that paper isn't relevant to my original question. Thanks for making that clear.
Steven -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:10 PM To: Steven Clarke Cc: Derek M Jones; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PPIG discuss: Effect of letter casing on readability Steven Clarke said: >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. In that study, they used case alternation within a word. I don't think that's relevant. In camel case, the case changes reinforce the boundary points between words and thus support the reader in finding structure. In case alternation, the case changes are at best irrelevant; more likely they will conflict with the internal morphology of the word, which I'd expect to slow up recognition. If you're deciding whether to use mixed case or not, I would want different evidence. Thomas 27 Allerton Park, Leeds LS7 4ND +44-(0)-113-226-6687 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/greenery/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
