Hi All, I'm normally pretty quite on this list because I'm more of a usability and front end designer than a programmer. I thought I'd chip in my $0.02 though because this is such an interesting discussion.
I agree that the average user needs to be able to call this new browser ability something. I think they will most understand it if it is associated with what they can do with it "download this contact" but that we need a generic name because they need to be able to understand why it doesn't work on all contacts all the time. I'm not sure it's the job of this community to come up with that name and, in fact, I think we are all too geeky and too familiar with the idea. It needs to be something totally unrelated to what we call it. I think including the words "micro" "format" "semantic" "data" and "tag" should not be included. The idea of researching is a great idea! This is a very small sample size but, well, I called and asked my Mum what she would call it. Well I called and asked her if she could click on a address or an event and add it to her address book or calendar what she'd call it. And then asked her how she'd word it if she was trying to write the slogan for the web browser. First she said she'd call it "neat" which is a good sign all this work will be very well received by non geeks ;) So don't miss this chance to pat yourself on the back ;) More seriously she said she'd call it "instant updates". "Instantly update your calender with this event." which doesn't meet the requirement for a name that explains why it only works some time. My point here is that she used none of the words have come up in our discussions and that we should engage people from outside the community when trying to make this decision. As a side note: I don't think the idea of calling it "neat information" is that bad actually. Neat implies that the data is tidy or well arranged (even semantic) and that it can do something cool. Information that isn't neat can't do the same things ;) Thanks, -Stephanie. _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
