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Re: Open vs Appear, Yet Again (was: "RE: WG: Newbie question - GUI terminology")
Subject:Re: Open vs Appear, Yet Again (was: "RE: WG: Newbie question - GUI terminology") From:"Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:20:11 -0400
I love the banter these topics cause. ;-)
MS says one thing, Sun says another, and the grammarians get into a
tizzy about them both. ;-)
Folks, it truly doesn't matter. As long as you're consistent in your
use of the term, your audience will get your point. They're not going
to stare at the docs in wide-eyed wonder pondering just what "appears"
or "displays" or "is displayed" means. They'll get the point, and
they'll move on. Wow, we can learn a lot from our audience. ;-)
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