This is something else that could go on a "best practices" page on the apiwiki.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 15:50, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. I'm all for convention... It helps users navigate and build > confidence in the Twitter experience, where ever it may be. > > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Abraham Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I don't link the @ sign because 1) I don't like how it looks and 2) >> Twitter.com does not. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:21, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> A more lighthearted discussion to see where people stand on this >>> convention. >>> >>> We all know the convention of prefixing usernames with the @ symbol, >>> the interesting thing I notice is that different sites (and even >>> within tiwtter's site itself) decide to link or not link the @ symbol >>> along with it. >>> >>> Main twitter site: is NOT linked >>> search.twitter.com: IS linked >>> new twitter integrated sidebar search: IS linked (i suppose this uses >>> the same code as search.twitter) >>> >>> TweetGrid: is NOT linked >>> Tweetie: IS linked >>> etc.. >>> >>> just curious how people decided which convention to use. >>> >>> From a visual perspective I prefer having the @ be plaintext since it >>> provides a nice visual difference looking at word, whereas normal >>> links are bounded by whitespace. This makes the usernames pop out (to >>> my eyes anyway). >>> >>> -Chad >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com >> Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham >> Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org >> This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. >> Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States > > > -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
