Re: Help! A positive phrase for "non-Web application"?

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I never said I required the word "application". I
> sought to refer to a class
> of applications in a positive way, and I'm happy to
> do it without that word.
> The general idea is...

OK... :-/

> Do this step A. Non-browser applications at this
> step must also do blah.
> Do this step B.
> do this step C. 
> Do this step D. Web applications at this step must
> also do blah blah.
> do this step E
> etc 

Why this construction? Is the "non-browser
applications blah blah blah" an instruction to the
user or a note in general?

> For my situation to follow your duck metaphor, it
> would be...
> 
> I'm selling special duck-bill warmers to ducks. They
> are the SAME model for
> mallards and non-mallards. However, for a nice tight
> duck-bill-fit, the
> installation instruction are different for mallards
> and non-mallards in
> certain steps in my long instruction book for the
> product.

Maybe I'm just being dense, but I still don't get it.
You're looking to lump similar though not same units
into a bucket, right? I mean, how many different types
of applications are we talking here? Do you really
need to lump them together? Or can you specify what
does what?

Rule of thumb:

If you don't know what to call it, and others can't
figure out what you mean, maybe oversimplification is
actually problematic for this case.

=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
      -- Geoff Hart

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