Re: Naming a display grid

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

>I am curious to know how some of you name or title your display grids?
>I am trying to think of a consistent method in which to name display
>grids in our documentation. [...]


As other have suggested, "Department Code table" makes sense, as do 

	"Department Code list"
	"Department Code grid"
	"Department Code display"

Except in technical documentation for internal consumption, calling it a
"display grid" is a bit like saying you live in a "house building".

You should consider whether you need any of those words other than the term
that identifies what you are showing:

	"Click <whatever> to view Department Codes"

Do you really need to tell your users it is a grid or table or list? Do they
care? Or is it the content that they are interested in?

--
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia

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