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RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
Subject:RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie? From:Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tritech -dot- com> To:David Artman <david -at- davidartman -dot- com>, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Dec 2015 15:34:48 +0000
Oh no. No.
"progressive disclosure control" is meaningless jargon to the average person.
You tell someone "click the progressive disclosure control icon" and they'd be: "WHAT?!?!?!"
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tritech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tritech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of David Artman
Sent: December-09-15 10:15 AM
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Subject: RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
They are "progressive disclosure controls" or "progressive-disclosure
controls" if you want to fix Microsoft's punctuation:
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Subject: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
From: John G <[2]john -at- garisons -dot- com>
Date: Tue, December 08, 2015 2:10 pm
To: "[3]techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <[4]techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Many web sites these days use a triangle-shaped icon ... click it, and
it
rotates 90 degrees to display something (text, links, etc.) that was
previously hidden.
I call them "twist controls" but one of my SMEs says they are
"accordion"
controls.
What do my fellow tech whirlers refer to these as?
JG
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