Re: Button vs. Icon

Subject: Re: Button vs. Icon
From: "T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:05:19 -0500


Button. No doubt.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:56:25 -0500, McKinney, Suzanne
<smckinney -at- eei1 -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I'm working on user documentation, and am editing something written by a
> developer. I've always called GUI elements that you click to do
> something "buttons" but this developer (and others) often call them
> "icons". Which is it? For example, "Click the Save icon at the bottom
> center of the page to save the record." To me that's a button. Is one
> right or wrong, or better/worse? Please e-mail me directly as I am on
> digest.


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Button vs. Icon: From: McKinney, Suzanne

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