It’s All In the Details
I know this is a little thing, but it’s the little things like this that drive me up the wall.
Recently I was on the MTV.ca site enjoying some free TV programming thanks to The Hills Aftershow Show (I never claimed to have good taste in TV!) when I noticed this banner ad above me. And not for the right reasons:
Something is wrong!
Can you see it? Just me? It says: Missed an episode? Click Here to Watch NOW.
If you’re going to go for leading caps, why isn’t episode capitalized?! And just for the record, I hate leading caps. They look ugly and unnatural. If you’re going to talk to a consumer, talk to them with regular punctuation, as if you’re talking at the same level. Leading caps makes me feel like this advertiser is talking down to me. Let’s have a regular conversation, with regular punctuation, shall we?
It’s small, yes, but I disliked it enough to blog about it! Take that, CTV.
