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Subject:Re: Anyone have an idea? From:Sally Derrick <sjd1201 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:08:43 -0500
I knew you'd have good ideas. Personally, I like Bill's first idea but I
don't think marketing will go for it. :-)
I do like the +NET/-NET and the OnLn if I can get another character for
OffLn. We have less than 65days before the release so I don't think I'll
suggest anything interesting like Carla's suggestion. As much as I like
that idea, the developer sits within striking distance. :-)
Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming if you have more.
Sally
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:57 PM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> what about a + when connected and -- (en or em dash) when not.
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Sally Derrick <sjd1201 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > Hi, all. This group is always full of good ideas and suggestions. I'm
> > hoping that you can help me with this one.
> >
> > Part of our product includes a 4-line display. Each line is a whopping 20
> > characters long. I have four characters to convey that the internet is
> or
> > is not currently connected. In case that seems easy, let me add: 1) no
> > graphics and 2) " +WEB " is used by the competition and is to be avoided
> if
> > at all possible.
>
> --
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>
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