I agree. I'm all for convention... It helps users navigate and build confidence in the Twitter experience, where ever it may be.
Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't link the @ sign because 1) I don't like how it looks and 2) > Twitter.com does not. > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:21, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> A more lighthearted discussion to see where people stand on this >> convention. >> >> We all know the convention of prefixing usernames with the @ symbol, >> the interesting thing I notice is that different sites (and even >> within tiwtter's site itself) decide to link or not link the @ symbol >> along with it. >> >> Main twitter site: is NOT linked >> search.twitter.com: IS linked >> new twitter integrated sidebar search: IS linked (i suppose this uses >> the same code as search.twitter) >> >> TweetGrid: is NOT linked >> Tweetie: IS linked >> etc.. >> >> just curious how people decided which convention to use. >> >> From a visual perspective I prefer having the @ be plaintext since it >> provides a nice visual difference looking at word, whereas normal >> links are bounded by whitespace. This makes the usernames pop out (to >> my eyes anyway). >> >> -Chad >> > > > > -- > Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham > Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org > This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. > Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
