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RE: FW: Referring to an unnamed button with three dots
Subject:RE: FW: Referring to an unnamed button with three dots From:"Rochelle McAndrews" <rmcandrews -at- csiu -dot- org> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:28:45 -0400
That may be true, Lou.
It can't hurt to help people expand their vocabularies by providing a 'new'
word and using it in context (as indicated in the part of my post that you
failed to include ;o))
"...click the square ellipsis button [...] adjacent to the File Name field."
Some people may even appreciate learning that the 'agreed upon symbol' for
the object "three dots in a row" is known as an ellipsis. Golly, maybe we
could even include it as a glossary term in help systems. Imagine
that...learning something new from using an online help system. Go figure!
R
-----Original Message-----
From: Lou Quillio [mailto:public -at- quillio -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:09 AM
To: Rochelle McAndrews
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: FW: Referring to an unnamed button with three dots
Rochelle McAndrews wrote:
> Why not just call it what it is--an ellipsis?
Because only you, me, and half the people on this list even know
what "ellipsis" means.
LQ
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