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		wvenable on Sept 21, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don’t use “My” in UI elements. I read that Microsoft put a space in there on purpose so that programs would be forced to deal with it. Folders on Windows can have different names depending on the install language. Even if it was "Programs" in English, it might be a name with space in another language.

ElbertF on Sept 21, 2010 [–]

Perhaps they should have named it Prøgrâm Filës, just to be sure.

jrockway on Sept 22, 2010 | [–]

I don't think Windows has a codepage with all of those characters in it...

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