Post #2501554

2024-12-03 12:51 UTC

@Vordus@chitter.xyz I think it's fine for certain uses like software package names and other technical things (particularly back when name length was at a premium), but *never* for user facing text. I'm more familiar with "i18n" for "internationalization" and fortunately I've never seen it outside linux package names.

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@vertigo@hackers.town 2024-12-03 15:14

@starsider@valenciapa.ws @Vordus@chitter.xyz It took me literally years before I came to associate "i18n" with internationalization. Years. I advocate for a global ban on all numeronyms, and severe social penalties on anyone who thinks they're being clever by using one in a serious context.

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@emergencygg@sakurajima.social 2024-12-05 04:12

@starsider@valenciapa.ws @Vordus@chitter.xyz Until reading this today I thought it was the name of a standard for translation data :meowcrying:

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@maxthefox@spacey.space 2024-12-06 11:13

@starsider@valenciapa.ws @Vordus@chitter.xyz Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, that is what i18n means... I thought it was some kind of technical code or something. (I don't work in IT, I'm a materials engineer)

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc 2025-11-07 13:29

@starsider@valenciapa.ws @Vordus@chitter.xyz It's fine in user facing text if the first time it shows up is "accessibility (a11y)" But if you can do that then in virtually all situations you can just spell it out.

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