Why I don't like the Iwt prefix

The whole site is IWeThey. It would be like seeing:
microsoft.com/mswindows
microsoft.com/msaccess
microsoft.com/msexcel
microsoft.com/msoutlook

For trademark purposes they should include MS in the logos and text, but after a while you've pretty much figured out you're on MS's site and the prefix doesn't add any context to the links.

The exception (on TWikIWeThey) is for meta topics. eg: IwtSuggestions, IwtWelcome. But IwtOS? Doesn't convey any information.

Actually, while discovering that you've started putting some stuff in the Know web, I realized I like the way they did the OS names: MacOS, SolarisOS, etc. And the auto-searches and webforms are nice, too. I need to start looking at how they work. BTW they really need better documentation on the search function. There are apparently lots of undocumented switches.

Rejiggering pages and locations in general isn't a good thing to do as it breaks links ... TWiki is about gradualism and incremental change.

Screw backwards compatibility![1]

[1] ;)

Post #51,273 by drewk 9/10/02 4:39:45 PM Reply	Why I don't like the Iwt prefix The whole site is IWeThey. It would be like seeing: microsoft.com/mswindows microsoft.com/msaccess microsoft.com/msexcel microsoft.com/msoutlook For trademark purposes they should include MS in the logos and text, but after a while you've pretty much figured out you're on MS's site and the prefix doesn't add any context to the links. The exception (on TWikIWeThey) is for meta topics. eg: IwtSuggestions, IwtWelcome. But IwtOS? Doesn't convey any information. Actually, while discovering that you've started putting some stuff in the Know web, I realized I like the way they did the OS names: MacOS, SolarisOS, etc. And the auto-searches and webforms are nice, too. I need to start looking at how they work. BTW they really need better documentation on the search function. There are apparently lots of undocumented switches. Rejiggering pages and locations in general isn't a good thing to do as it breaks links ... TWiki is about gradualism and incremental change. Screw backwards compatibility![1] [1] ;) === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #51,295 by Another Scott 9/10/02 8:24:13 PM Reply	"She turned me into a iwt!" :-)
Post #51,308 by admin 9/10/02 9:51:29 PM Reply	Sounds better with proper grammar: She turned me into an iwt! ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #51,311 by ben_tilly 9/10/02 9:58:40 PM 9/10/02 9:59:30 PM Reply	I mentally just inserted the "t" And reversed i and w. Cheers, Ben Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002) Edited by ben_tilly Sept. 10, 2002, 09:59:30 PM EDT Expand All History

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