Re: Pop-Up Windows

[Peter Kent <techwr -at- ARUNDEL -dot- COM>]

> Hi Barb,
> The term "popup" is well-established in the PC world these days; it is
> simply a type of window. Assuming you have already defined the word
> somewhere (such as in the glossary),
> I would leave it as 'popup' or 'window' but not both.

As someone else pointed out, a windows and pop-up windows are not the same
thing. And the Save As thingy is a dialog box, not a window.

A pop-up window is a temporary window that pops-up due to some kind of user
action--generally a click on a link or button--and disappears when the user
clicks elsewhere. It generally does not contain all the components that a
true window contains: scroll bars, title bar, and so on.

Peter Kent

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