I have to agree with Indigo Nights.

I am legally blind, as a result of RP, and have a field of acute vision of
only about 5 or 6 degrees. I find reading all lower case MUCH easier than
all caps, but this is also a function of the font. Sans-serif fonts are not
as much of a problem.

Harry

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----- Original Message -----
From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: CAPS or no caps


> My esteemed listmate, Patrick Boylan, sent the
> following pronouncement over the sea and across the
> wires, racing to a computer near you:
>
> --- Boylan P <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > More seriously, anyone who wants to write in one
> > case only should use
> > capitals - which are much more readable than all
> > lower case/
>
> Actually, they're not, not if you have any kind of an
> attention or reading difficulty.  They are much harder
> to read.
>
> I was diagnosed--at long last and hurrah for the key
> that unlocked the door to long-unanswered questions
> and issues in my life--with the inattentive type of
> Attention Deficit in 1997.  It was a genuine epiphany
> and, by studying same (don't laugh, there may be many
> of you on list who have this same "gift" and are
> undiagnosed since ADHD was not truly recognized until
> 1968, thereby skipping many a Boomer, and ladies have
> been seriously underlooked in this phenomenon), I've
> been able to better understand some of my own
> perceived personality quirks.
>
> With that said, getting page-long paragraphs, or
> things typed in all caps are a sure-fire way to make
> sure I ain'ta gonna read yer stuff (is that colloquial
> enough for you?).
>
> As for the caps or no-caps issue (which has to be an
> incredibly preposterous thread unto itself), many a
> computer program (I think Unix-based immediately comes
> to mind, but there may be others) REQUIRE that you
> type in lower case.  So there is validity to the
> argument that a number of folks in the on-line
> community would go the no-caps routine.
>
> Last week, I believe we had one of the best weeks ever
> here on Museums List (or at least the best in my
> tenure here, over two years).  We had a wonderful,
> free-flowing debate about a very controversial subject
> matter, allowed for some levity, and heard from people
> we rarely engage (the infamous phantom lurkers).
>
> Now, in just a few days time, we're going in the other
> direction, spending far too much time (in my mind) in
> the elitist mindset of "Thou must stick to convention
> because it's the hoity-toity thing to do."
>
> Very interesting, but dumb! (Doing my best Arte
> Johnson impression here.)
>
> As one who once typed well over 100 WPM (hey, it was a
> job to pay the bills), I can tell you without
> equivocation, typing is a pain.  The brain is a hell
> of a lot faster than the fingers.  Sometimes, just to
> get the thoughts out, to allow for the free-flow of
> dialogue, you skip the convention and go for the
> message.  It's called communication.
>
> I dunno, I find this whole thread amazingly absurd,
> and even more absurd, find myself adding to the
> dysfunctionality of it all.
>
> Where is my shrink's number? <g>
>
>
>
>
> =====
> Indigo Nights
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