[thelist] Acronym and abbr tags

Thomas Moore thdomo at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 10:36:03 CST 2007


Much depends on the audience as well. Is this for a general consumer
audience? If so them you need to spell them out and the reason the
writing gets cluttered and difficult is it needs to be better.

The acronym debate isn't exclusive to the web.

On 1/26/07, Austin Harris <austin at dotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies, the NCB one is an example, there are plenty of others that are longer.
>
> They are referred to several times, (also columns in a table so repeated many times over - possibly 20 times!)
>
> As some may have guessed this is an insurance site so there are others;
>
> Third Party, Fire and Theft, Third Party, Fire and Theft Only etc etc.
>
> If they are written out in full the information becomes cluttered and harder to read, (IMHO).
>
> Austin
>
>
> ----- "Matt Warden" <mwarden at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/26/07, Steven Streight <steven.streight at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Many acronyms are for the site owner's convenience, and the users
> > are
> > > expected to learn them and get familiar with them, with no real
> > benefit. No
> > > Claims Bonus is so short, why use an acronym? To be perfectly clear
> > at all
> > > times, without being awkward and burdensome, I'd suggest NEVER using
> > the
> > > acronym. Always use No Claims Bonus in full.
> >
> > As always, absolutes are never right.
> >
> > There are plenty of acronyms that are more popular, well-known, and
> > well-understood than their expanded equivalents. PHP, NASA, EKG, etc.
> >
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