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Subject:Re: Screen vs. Window From:"Amy G. Peacock" <apeacock -at- WOLFENET -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:49:51 -0700
Hmmm...this thread interests me because I faced this kind of
definition distinction problem in my own writing not too long ago. One
of the docs I was working on has windows(the kind we all know and
love) on the screen (the monitor itself). BUT, there are *sections*
within each window. So, on the left side of the window you have
name/address info for vendors, and on the other side you have product
information for the vendors. The two sides are divided but directly
related to each other. So what should I call these windows within
windows? Vendor section? Side? Window? Should I refer to the
location? Left side/Right side? What a good Friday question, eh? :)
Amy Peacock
techwriter & jewelrymaker
apeacock -at- wolfenet -dot- com
