Re: Silly but important to me

[Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>]

On Tuesday, August 31, 2004, Michele Davis wrote;

> Does the screen just "appear" like magic? Or does it display?
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IMO, that doesn't answer the OP's question, which was related to
whether to portray user action and system response as a dialogue.
Personally, I hope that the screen doesn't display because the thought
of inanimate objects engaging in mating rituals is too much :) In any
case, I have an uneasy feeling about using "display" as an
intransitive verb in a computing context.

FWIW, I've used both the OP's suggested methods and have a slight
preference to the latter. However, the important thing (IMO) is to
choose one convention and use that consistently.

HTH,

-- 
Geoff


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