“ID” or “Id” on User Interface

Question

The QA manager where I work just informed me there is a bug in my desktop app due to the sign-on prompt being \"Operator Id\" when it should be \"Operator ID\". Her argument bei

Answer 1

As an UAUA (ultra-anal usability analyst), please use ID instead of Id.

Visually, it's more recognizable in English. Grammatically, "Id" is a word (rhymes with "squid") and the Freudian definition has been given above. We're never verbally asked to show "id", but "ID." I.D. is fine but passe, as the periods imply multiple words.

So.

Just use ID, okay?

OK.