Open vs Appear, Yet Again (was: "RE: WG: Newbie question - GUI terminology")

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Beth Agnew wrote:

> The dislike for "appear" is the same as for "invoke", or any other
term
> which implies some magical action on the part of the computer user or
> the computer. .... Using magical language subtly contributed to the
> impression that there was arcane knowledge about computers that one
> needed to obtain.

Beth:

I keep hearing this, but it never makes sense to me.

"Appear", as any dictionary will tell you, just means "become visible".
It's no more "magical" a word than "rabbit" or "hat".

-Andrew

=== Andrew Warren  - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
=== Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
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