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Subject:FW: Re[2]: To GUI or Not to GUI From:Toni Williams TPG/SG <towilliams -at- PROCYONGROUP -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:52:19 -0700
Hear, hear.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Warren [SMTP:David -dot- Warren -at- NEXTEL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 5:49 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re[2]: To GUI or Not to GUI
>
> Howdy!
>
> PLEASE do not use "graphical"--I know it is a long-standing
> industry
> buzzword--try "graphic" instead. "Graphical-based" makes my
> teeth
> hurt!
>
> It'd amuse me to see a discussion on this...or is it one of those
> beaten-to-death topics submerged in the FAQ?
>
> Cheers!
>
> David T. Warren
> Publications Manager, Nextel Communications ESD
>
>
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> Subject: Re: To GUI or Not to GUI
> Author: "Brian; Flaherty" <bflaher -at- INDCON -dot- COM> at INTERNET
> Date: 6/5/98 12:13 PM
>
>
> Try something along this line:
>
> XYZ is the graphical application which extends the XYZ text-based
> version.
>
> Use "graphical-based" or "text-based" as opposed to "GUI" or "CUI".
>
> Brian Flaherty
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Kathy Ellis[SMTP:kathy -at- TIBINC -dot- COM]
> > Reply To: Kathy Ellis
> > Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 12:11 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: To GUI or Not to GUI
> >
> > I've gotten a few responses on the GUI problem suggesting
> > that we drop the reference entirely. That would be my vote, too,
> > but we still have the old dinosaur program around (the non-GUI
> > programs). We somehow need to differentiate between the two
> > versions. Yikes!
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> >
> > Kathy Ellis kathy -at- tibinc -dot- com
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> > Livermore, CA 94550
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