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It's not a developer, it's an auditor, and a Swedish one at that (sometimes
she sticks on points that native English speakers gloss over; it's actually
been quite instructive from a "writing for English as a second language"
perspective --- she asked me to explain the "ing" ending, but that's another
thread!) "Dialog" to her needs to be two ways (she doesn't buy the "clicking
OK is a form of dialog") and wants to call them pop-ups.
And don't even get me started on trying to get auditors to lose (s), within,
obtain, and a(nother) from their texts...
Picking my battles,
Barb
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From: techwr-l-bounces+caslon=alltel -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+caslon=alltel -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
Peter Sturgeon
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:35 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Read only dialog box?
It's a dialog box--the war is over. Just be glad your developers don't
distinguish between modal and non-modal dialog boxes.
Follow Geoff's advice: Describe the content, not the container.
For example, "A message notifies you when the backup has completed."
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