Re: "Select" in lieu of other verbs

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

This would appear to argue for "Touch or press OK."

BTW, this may be hopelessly out of date, but about
20 years ago I worked on a system where we decided
to replace a light pen interface with a touchscreen
(CRT, of course).  We ended up using "press," after
discovering that most people confronted with visual
buttons on a monitor screen actually did *press*
them as if they were physical buttons, and if they
didn't get the expected response pressed the
screen *harder* on repeat attempts.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>

> Not true. She knows exactly what her audience needs. She wrote: "I
> defined -- with agreement from the Human Factors manager -- 'press' 
> for
> keys on a keyboard or on the separate piece of equipment, and (with
> TechWhirl's help) 'touch' for invoking visual buttons on the
> touchscreen."

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