RE: terminology question (and a bit of a rant)

Subject: RE: terminology question (and a bit of a rant)
From: "Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:38:25 -0400


Get the MMoSfTP. It's old and dated but a good place to start.

But, yeah, you're making sense to me.

Cheers,

Sean

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rosemary J Horner [mailto:rhorner -at- quellos -dot- com]

So now I'm trying to define some GUI terminology (our apps are all
web-based):

- I use "window" to describe popups (big or small) with a Windows
standard
blue title bar, and use the title when I'm referring to them. These
don't
include the standard browser toolbars, though they're browser windows.
The
content of these windows doesn't change (except for input).

- I use "page" to refer to the contents of the main browser window that
does include the standard browser toolbars. The contents, except
navigation
elements, can change completely.

- I use "tab" when the interface resembles tabs. Usually this is within
a
window.

First, do these definitions make sense to you?

Now, the author of the manual I mentioned above uses "screen" all over
the
place, which I haven't been using at all. It's mostly in places where I
would use "window." Is this a standard use of the word screen? Should I
include screen in my style guide even if it's to say "don't use it"?
Should
it be used for something else entirely? If pushed, I would think of it
in
terms of desktop apps with different views, maybe, but I don't see it
with
completely browser-based apps.

I don't have access to the Microsoft Manual of Style or any other style
guides, (but I'm going to request one very soon I think <g>) so I'd
really
really appreciate any of your opinions.


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