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Subject:RE: More usage: "Open" or "Access" web addresses From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>, "Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:37:25 -0600
Cardimon, Craig wrote:
> Are web addresses opened or accessed?
Yes. Also visited, pointed to, navigated to, clicked, browsed, ...
My preference, when an imperative is called for, is go -- as in "Go to
www.example.com." This is sufficient for all but the most newbie
computer users, who need to be told how to start IE, where to enter the
URL ("internet address"), etc.
> I'm getting dizzy.
That's why they pay us the big bucks. ;-)
Richard
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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