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Subject:Re: marquee - jargon or tech term??? From:Stuart Reynolds <stuartr -at- FIRSTGRAPHICS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 31 Aug 1995 06:34:15 -0800
-- [ From: Stuart Reynolds * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
> I've used "selection box", because I've found that marquee was somthing
people
> expected to see outside a cinema. :-)
Well, if you're used to graphics app's, a marquee describes the selected
area for masking, in which case, it isn't "jargon" but a tech term, as all
the Win graphics aps that i use and have used, use the term. It is also
known throughout the graphics (at least the computerized end of things)
industry.
