Bill Lee wrote:

> 
> I just tend to look at all those abbreviations with a blank stare and 
> wonder what in the hell the real names are.


I generally know, because I subscribed to them in the first place. I 
guess *Y*MMV.

> Nobody (that I know of) 
> does this but Moz/N6 and their is a reason why.


I've always though it was handy. I don't want the folder pane wide 
enough to see the full name, because it is a waste of screen real 
estate. If it isn't abbreviated, and the folder pane has a reasonable 
width (approx 3cm for me) then the useful part of the names (the 
right-most) is hidden, making it impossible to tell which folder is 
which. If the names weren't abbreviated, the folder pane would have to 
be *at least* twice as wide as I have it at the moment, and I think it's 
wide enough already.

In any case, I see a lot of people using abbreviated names in usenet 
messages, usually when referring to the group they are posting to, or to 
a closely related group, as a convenience. There's no real need to type 
in the whole name when you have that sort of context, and I think you 
have a similar amount of context in the folder pane.

Mike.

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