The periods can be a problem with some software (particularly some of
the older operating systems) but the dashes seem like a good solution.
Your file name would be readable and the added benefit that search
engines work well with dashes.
Unfortunately, it's too late for me. I have got into the habit using the
letter casing through my programming and I think it's going to be a
HardHabitToBreak ;)
Thanks, Dave
Bruce Jones wrote:
Is there any problem with using periods instead of underscores? i.e.,
Sam.Smith.letter.jpg
Or dashes? i.e., Sam-Smith-letter.jpg
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Dave Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Hi Cathy,
It is technically valid to use a space in a file name that will be
accessed on the Internet but it can sometimes be confusing for
some people and whilst some software will let you address the file
using a space others will require that you encode the spaces so
"Sam Smith Letter.jpg" becomes "Sam%20Smith%20Letter.jpg" or
"Sam+Smith +Letter.jpg" often works. Whether you have to encode
the space depends on all sorts of things and a space in the file
name could cause problems for some people wanting to save the file
onto their own computer. Another reason why you might not want to
use spaces is that the name could be confusing when written down
on paper.
Personally, I prefer to avoid using the underscore because you
will notice that some applications and web sites have links to
URLs (the unique address given to internet resources) underlined
and therefore the underscore isn't always clear. My preference is
to use the case of letters to help make the name more readable so
"Sam Smith Letter.jpg" becomes ""SamSmithLetter.jpg" but my
experience is that you will always get different opinions on this
and I haven't found a perfect answer. For example when I take
notes I write everything in uppercase so "SamSmithLetter.jpg"
becomes "SAMSMITHLETTER.JPG" but fortunately this will often still
work anyway (but not always!).
Thanks, Dave
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