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Re: Should URLs be in camel case like hash tags?

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From: L Snider
Date: Nov 30, 2022 12:09PM

Great question! The people I know who can't see URLs have never mentioned
this, but now I have to ask as I am curious...One thing I will say is that
you should always look at the URL if it blends together and isn't separated
by hyphens. I just saw a great example of this last week on Instagram with
a handle used, when read together, well it looked like something else! I
can't post it here as it may be flagged!

Cheers

Lisa



On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:08 PM Jeremy Echols < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Probably also worth noting that if you're expecting users to manually
> enter URLs regularly, you don't want the path (the bit after the domain and
> first slash) longer than a single word anyway. And even then it would be a
> poor design choice. The only time I could think of asking users to type in
> a URL manually would be in a TV or radio ad, and again in those cases you
> want something very short and simple.
>
> Power users may hack up URLs, but your everyday user should be able to get
> where they want without typing in a long URL.
>
> Regarding the original question, my gut -- not any information I have,
> mind, but just my gut -- tells me the URL itself doesn't matter for
> accessibility purposes. For readability I personally prefer hyphenation
> between words in a URL path, but hopefully your links are only rarely being
> seen "raw". And if you do need to share URLs this way, I suspect the same
> thing applies that I mentioned above, where you want a short URL whenever
> possible, even if it's just a redirect to something longer.
>
>