[greenamp]

It'sTrue, AndFun!

SomeBlame Apple, WhileOthers claim ItStarted with WebTwo.0 , AndYet SomeSay SameDifference.

[Salty]

I think the whole dot com thing is what did it. That and software names. Now it's just cooler to make a name out of TwoWords.

Does Apple really do this? I can't think of any products they make that do it. OK actually there are several, QT, AirPort, MacBook etc.

I think it was the web that did it though.

[hickey]

at least its less annoying and easier to read than some peoples ScrEEnAmEs1829348290038. That **** infuriates me to know end.

I should put that in the pet peeves thread.

[Dakar]

This has been around for a while now. Not really a surprise

[bradoesch]

It's called CamelCase.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by greenamp

It'sTrue, AndFun!

SomeBlame Apple, WhileOthers claim ItStarted with WebTwo.0 , AndYet SomeSay SameDifference.

Computer programmers were writing like that way before Apple and the Internet were invented.

EDIT: Thanks bradoesch! I never knew it had a name.

[lavar78]

"Fashionable" is one word.

[saddino]

Originally Posted by f1000

Computer programmers were writing like that way before Apple and the Internet were invented.

The first early C compilers only used the first 8 bytes for tokens, so function names and variables had to be kept short (hence standard functions like sprintf(), strcmp(), atol() and usage of i, j and k for loop counters). For example, an early game I wrote used "hscore" for the high score.

As modern compilers allowed for long variable names, and I got into the habit of "commenting" via good variable names I just found it a lot easier to use "highScore" instead of "high_score" because it saved me typing all those underscores.

Apple's use of MacPaint, MacWrite, etc. was the first time I really noticed it being used outside of programming.

[angelmb]

If I remember correctly, Apple Human Interface Guidelines have some info about this matter.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by saddino

The first early C compilers only used the first 8 bytes for tokens, so function names and variables had to be kept short (hence standard functions like sprintf(), strcmp(), atol() and usage of i, j and k for loop counters). For example, an early game I wrote used "hscore" for the high score.

I was thinking more along the lines of Pascal instead of C. Did early Pascal compilers have the same 8 byte limitation? I know that any such limitation was gone by the late-80's.

[::maroma::]

Something else that is all the rage is using actual numbers in place of certain letters when writing out the word that is the number.

Example: The movie "Seven", the logo (or whatever you want to call it) is written "Se7en"

There are tons of movies and TV shows now that use this. And I friggin hate it.

[tooki]

By the way, the practice is called "intercapping" and it has indeed been around for a very, very long time. It certainly predates personal computing, and I'd bet it was used in fields outside of computing, too.

tooki

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Something else that is all the rage is using actual numbers in place of certain letters when writing out the word that is the number.

Ah yes, anyone remember that (rather bad) one-hit-wonder group 2wo Brothers on the 3hird 4loor? I always found that a ridiculous name and would pronounce it as it was written: “two-wo brothers on the three-hird four-loor”.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Example: The movie "Seven", the logo (or whatever you want to call it) is written "Se7en"

I don't care how they write the title, the movie was great. If they want to be fruity like Prince and use a symbol, whatever - they've earned it. Prince, on the other hand, will have to stick with Prince.

[greenamp]

Originally Posted by lavar78

"Fashionable" is one word.

No sh*t.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by greenamp

No sh*t.

Then why did you use it like that in the title? A better choice would've been, say, "InStyle" or "NewHotness."

[greenamp]

Originally Posted by lavar78

Then why did you use it like that in the title? A better choice would've been, say, "InStyle" or "NewHotness."

Because I was joking and making a play on the word to show the irony in trendiness. We good now?

[loki74]

Originally Posted by Dakar

This has been around for a while now. Not really a surprise

Exactly

I first I remember seeing this was in 2nd grade when PlayStation (that is, the PS1) was the top of the line...

[- - e r i k - -]

FireWire

[angelmb]

ImageWriter and LaserWriter… that was something like twenty years ago.

[ajprice]

Originally Posted by greenamp

No sh*t.

I think you mean NoSh*t

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by greenamp

Because I was joking and making a play on the word to show the irony in trendiness. We good now?

We were good before; I just don't understand the joke. Oh well.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

I don't care how they write the title, the movie was great. If they want to be fruity like Prince and use a symbol, whatever - they've earned it. Prince, on the other hand, will have to stick with Prince.

Prince, in fact, did stick with Prince. The symbol thing was more to do with contract disputes than changing his name. He's now known as Prince again.

And he's a genius...

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

And he's a genius...

Word.

[MrsLarry]

you mean like "MrsLarry"??

I started doing it when naming files at work. I wanted to give them clear names, but no spaces, for my own sanity I started naming things like "JuneCouponMailer.qxp", easier to read (at least for me) than "junecouponmailer.qxp"

[turtle777]

CamelToes who ?

-t