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

["Jeff Cross" <Jeff -dot- Cross -at- desire2learn -dot- com>]

>>I tend to use "... the Whatever dialog box is displayed."

>This is my style also, but as I posted earlier, I've had editors
>cringe at this.  Whenever I've used 'displayed', my work has 
>come back with more red ink than the federal budget.


What about "displays" used as an intransitive verb, in place of
"appears" or "opens"? (As in, "The Add Participant window displays.") 

Personally this drives me nuts, but I see it used quite frequently. 

- Jeff
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