Hey S.
Thanks for checking.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:19 AM, S Page <spage(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
While adding messages for a restyled login and create
account forms I find
they're getting longer and longer. E.g. the original field was named
"yourpassword", and I'm distinguishing the two forms' fields, so
userlogin-yourpassword. But when it comes to the placeholder text that
appears in the input field,
'userlogin-yourpassword-placeholder'
feels just too long (34 characters). I think as we start using HTML5
features and more fields get placeholders, it makes sense to use an
abbreviation for that 11 character, so
'userlogin-yourpassword-ph'
I explain this MessagesQqq.php, but how about mentioning abbreviations in
<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions#System_messages>
?
I see no immediate problem with your proposal. Even though message keys are
indicative of their usage, there needs to be some room to keep them usable
for developers.
Cheers!
Siebrand