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Subject:Re: Your opinions again, From:Marilynne Smith <m -dot- smith182 -at- GENIE -dot- GEIS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Jun 1994 06:53:00 UTC
I wonder if it is correct to make such a big deal out of a change in the
terminal's appearance. Personally, I don't think it's wonderful enough to
"appear" or even to "display." To most of us, a change in the appearance of
the monitor is just another page turned on the computer. Why not just say
something like "on the next screen choose XYZ"? What the user cares about
is what they're going to do on the next screen. They don't need trumpets to
announce the change.
