Lesson 0: make the text on your blog/site darker than the current fad du jour says it should be. It's a pain to read this on the common computer display.
Lessons for uncultured web developers
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Re: Lessons for uncultured web developers
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I live in the UK and the general convention here is the the week on Monday. Uh, no. The work week starts on Monday, but the week starts on Sunday. The link you provide supports that. I agree with everything else you say though. It's useful to know that some people don't work Fridays but do work Sundays, or some people have other customs.
Strange. I don't ever recall Sunday being used as the start of the week in the UK. I asked a few people here and they all said Monday. The two printed calendars I was able to find (a diary and a wallplanner) all use Monday. ISO 8601 also starts the week on Monday [1]. You are correct that the Wikipedia article I cited says that in the Judeo-Christian tradition the week starts on Sunday, but that is clearly for religi…
I've tried to set up my calendars to start on Monday, over the years. It makes sense, because the two major segments of my life, the work week and the weekend, are each displayed contiguously.
And yet I get confused. Probably because I've grown up with Sunday to Saturday calendars, and almost no one else does a Monday start calendar in the US.
And while thinking about this post, I wondered, would it make sense to display calendars with both? An eight day display, showing last Sunday, this week, and the coming weekend.
Re: Lessons for uncultured web developers
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I live in the UK and the general convention here is the the week on Monday. Uh, no. The work week starts on Monday, but the week starts on Sunday. The link you provide supports that. I agree with everything else you say though. It's useful to know that some people don't work Fridays but do work Sundays, or some people have other customs.
Strange. I don't ever recall Sunday being used as the start of the week in the UK. I asked a few people here and they all said Monday. The two printed calendars I was able to find (a diary and a wallplanner) all use Monday. ISO 8601 also starts the week on Monday [1]. You are correct that the Wikipedia article I cited says that in the Judeo-Christian tradition the week starts on Sunday, but that is clearly for religi…
To answer your serious question: only if I stop to really think about it.
Sunday in my youth was a quiet day. Shops were closed. TV was dreadful. I did chores and prepared for the coming week. Saturday was a day off for fun, Sunday was a sort of day off, but for quiet preparation.
Now Saturday and Sunday are days off for fun; tv is better; shops are open. So, it feels as if the week starts on Monday.
If it makes any difference I'm 42.
Re: Lessons for uncultured web developers
#114Why is nobody using the ISO format for dates? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 yyyy-mm-dd? Another benefit is that it sorts correctly in the file explorers (I used to name my photo folders like that...). Coming from a country where we typically do dd/mm I can never remember what the English standard is. I've taken to always writing the name of the month to be sure. Also, can the huge lead of the iPhone still be…
On HumanamuH I'm using "yyyy-mm-dd" or "mm-dd hh-mm" wherever several dates are displayed in a column (e.g. chat messages or notifications). I think it's easier to see where the day or month changed and it's sorted intuitively. But... Several people who registered from the US stumbled over the form that lets you enter your birthday in "dd-mm-yyyy" format. Even though the format is explained right behind the form fiel…
Alternatively, go "dd/month/year", eg:
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