Naming Conventions

When users encounter files, buttons or tools they didn’t create that have meaningless or indecipherable names, they have no way of knowing which application they belong to or what their function is. You can improve this situation in a number of ways. Avoid cryptic names, especially those that include obscure abbreviations. Similarly, use appropriate capitalization in names for a consistent, recognizable appearance. Whenever possible, use common task labels. When you create a new task or folder type, the user should be able to identify the type with little thought. Finally, password protecting tasks that the user should not need to edit better ensures that settings which affect the global function of the interface will not be changed.

Folders should not be hidden however, because users may need to access this folder for support reasons at some point in the future.