[HacktionLab] Some style questions about Tech Tools

[Adelayde Skidmore]

On 06/10/2011 21:56, penguin wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> I have a strong preference on point 1 (but not on the others). My
> preference (for printed materials) is for footnotes. I find links within
> printed text breaks the reading flow. And, what's more (he says stepping
> up to his soap box), the links should never be underlined (hard to
> read), should be shortened & in a reasonably large font (easier to type
> into the address bar).
>
+1 totally agree with graham's points there.  In the footnote.  Not
using underlines.  Using easy to remember URLs.  And is there any libre
shortener with a shorter and less unsual URL than tiny.booki.cc?  Need a
shortener to shorten the shortener methinks...
> /me steps off soap box and returns to thinking of kittens
/me steps on kitten in attempt to get down off soapbox.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Cheers
>
> G
>
>
> On Sun 02 Oct 2011 05:55:40 BST, m3shrom at riseup.net [m3shrom at riseup.net]
> emailed subject: "Re: [HacktionLab] Some style questions about Tech
> Tools" saying ...
>
> > Hi there
> > It looks like most people dont have strong opinions on these issues.
>
> > Personally I'm in 2 minds about it. if the url is easy to remember
> then maybe include it inline and if not then as a foot note with full url?
>
> > M3sh on the move
>
>
>
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Beth McMillan" <teradaisyspawn at gmail.com>
> > To: <hacktionlab at lists.aktivix.org>
> > Subject: [HacktionLab] Some style questions about Tech Tools
> > Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 2:49 pm
> > Hi chums,
>
> > I've been doing a quick sweep through the FlossManuals version of
> Tech Tools, looking for spelling errors, grammatical and formatting
> inconsistencies. I've got a few questions for discussion.
>
>
> > 1. What are we doing with URLs?
> > Are we doing footnotes or in-text links? And are we shortening all
> links to tiny.booki.cc? If we are shortening links, are we using
> descriptive names (like http://tiny.booki.cc/?videoplatforms) or are
> we leaving them as short strings of characters (like
> http://tiny.booki.cc/?0ER8)?
>
> > 2. Are we using "double quotes" or 'single quotes'?
>
> > 3. When discussing Linux in general is it "GNU/Linux" or just
> "Linux"? (I prefer GNU/Linux)
>
> > 4. Similarly, are we saying "Free Software", "Libre Software", "Open
> Source" or, as in one chapter, "Free/Libre/Open Source Software
> (FLOSS)"? (I prefer Libre Software)
>
>
> > My plan is to sweep through every couple of weeks and proof read the
> whole thing each time, so the newest version will usually be
> grammatically correct. I hope that's okay with all y'all.
>
> > -Beth
>
>
>
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