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May 20, 2012, 10:44 PM
 
i am not posting this from an ipad. how can we tell? nothing is capitalized which is the way i like it. my ipad automatically capitalizes certain things. how can i defeat this annoying feature?
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May 21, 2012, 01:03 AM
 
Originally Posted by gooser View Post
i am not posting this from an ipad. how can we tell? nothing is capitalized which is the way i like it. my ipad automatically capitalizes certain things. how can i defeat this annoying feature?
Why should we tell you? We'd continue to have to deal with this stupid idiosyncrasy, which makes stuff difficult for us to read...
     
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May 21, 2012, 01:07 AM
 
There's a setting for auto-capitalization in the keyboard preferences.
     
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May 21, 2012, 06:35 AM
 
e.e. cummings eschewed capitalization for a creative reason (and only in some of his poems). For actual every-day communication, however, capitalization has a purpose: it enhances readability enormously, just as punctuation and (something close to) correct spelling enhance the reader's ability to decode the message you type.

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May 21, 2012, 07:43 AM
 
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
There's a setting for auto-capitalization in the keyboard preferences.

i'll check it out. thanks.
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May 21, 2012, 11:18 AM
 
Why didn't someone lmgtfy him like this post deserves.
     
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May 21, 2012, 12:59 PM
 
Internet shorthand is bad enough (why I can't stand/rarely use Twitter). Now you want to eschew capitalization? Has the Internet made us all so lazy we can't even be bothered to push the shift key?

That's just sad.

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May 21, 2012, 01:23 PM
 
The iPad has made us so lazy we don't have to push the shift key.
     
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May 21, 2012, 02:08 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
e.e. cummings eschewed capitalization for a creative reason (and only in some of his poems). For actual every-day communication, however, capitalization has a purpose: it enhances readability enormously, just as punctuation and (something close to) correct spelling enhance the reader's ability to decode the message you type.
sure thing ghporter.

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May 22, 2012, 08:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
sure thing ghporter.

love, subego.
Thanks for reinforcing my point. Both of our usernames lack capitalization, but in your post the lack of capitalization does not impair readability. But together, capitalization and punctuation are almost as important as spacing.
withoutspacinghowwouldwebecertainofwhatwordswearer eading

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May 22, 2012, 12:13 PM
 
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May 22, 2012, 07:59 PM
 
I've never seen that site before--love it!
     
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May 24, 2012, 06:56 AM
 
The site name is short enough that it isn't too difficult to read, and frankly weird URLs are training us to read with fewer cues for where words start and stop. But try that with a whole paragraph. What am I saying-people don't use paragraphs anymore. Put a couple of sentences together, especially with confusing letter combinations like "whatwordswereareading" and you have to decide whether it says "what word swearer eading" or "what words we are reading." That slows everything down and reduces the level of communication the writing provides.

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May 29, 2012, 12:47 PM
 
What does the site wecanfigureitout.com do? It looks like a blank page to me.
     
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May 29, 2012, 08:33 PM
 
I think the reference to that site was intended for the original poster.
     
   
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