> I think putting abbreviation first always is nice because it is easier > to scan for (i.e. ESV is much more recognizable than English Standard > Version). Putting the Abbreviation on the front makes it possible to > scan through a list for it, whereas if the description was first and the > abbreviation at the end it would be much more difficult.
A lot of this comes back to some of the threads in the past on localised display of book names etc. If I use e.g. Xiphos in German it is a bit irritating that all kind of German Bibles are called GerThis or GerThat, particularly if there are valid (but possibly conflicting with those in other languages) abbreviations. Therefore I think we should really move away from using the internal identifier as a user visible tag. If we have unique internal identifiers we can have any number of clashing abbreviations in different languages - it simply will not matter - the English ESV will be something entirely different to the Romanian (I am making this one up) and a user having both installed will cope because s/he will usually know the context. Peter _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
