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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: osxpounder on Jul 06, '05 01:52:45PM

Wow, the developer really misspelled "caches" in that path? That's too bad.

I saw a discussion on Slashdot about whether spelling and grammar were important. This path is an example of a case where spelling might be crucial, but you won't know it til it's too late. Users, who reasonably assume that a cache problem is involved with some bug, will search their Library folders for "cache", which makes perfect sense. Finding nothing for Delicious Library, their search could end right there -- because they'd never expect the programmer to still be using a path with a spelling error, especially not after it's been out long enough for users to point out the error.

Nope, you'd assume that the app used the proper spelling, upon which not only language but the very functions of the computer rely.

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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: slinkie on Jul 06, '05 05:00:07PM

You're kidding, right? Not to interrupt a perfectly lengthy rant, but the poster just typoed the path name. It's just the normal default caches folder.



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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: smanzo on Jul 06, '05 06:19:48PM

Nope. The _poster_ misspelled the path.



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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: slinkie on Jul 06, '05 07:25:16PM

Good one, Sir, you've really clarified the . . . wait, what was it you did, again?



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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: osxpounder on Jul 07, '05 01:52:14PM

If the poster misspelled the path, then the post needs fixing. I wasn't kidding, but rather asking if the typo was really still in the app. It's a relief to know that the poster made the error. It isn't too reassuring to see that no one else bothered to point out the error.

Folks, a misspelled word or grammatically incorrect sentence is *buggy code*. If you leave this bug in, it will come back to haunt someone, later, when they try to interpret your "code".

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10.4: Fix a Delicious Library Dashboard widget issue
Authored by: meancode on Jul 17, '05 07:24:20PM

For crying out loud. Yes I mispelled it. But I did type the word correctly elsewhere in the post. So if someone does search this site, they will indeed the Library Cache problem.

I will ask Rob to change the post the next time I see him online.

Thanks for pointing my error out, but there are better ways to do it. I think people are a little too critical and are just itching to go off on a rant and be critical of an error. You end up just looking like a jerk.

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