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Subject:Re: Radio or Radial buttons? From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 May 1999 11:18:10 -0700
Because the radio button is an either/or option--like an old fashioned car
radio button. Checkboxes can be all checked or all blank or anything in
between.
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> From: Scott McClare [SMTP:smcclare -at- DY4 -dot- COM]
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> I don't mind the MS style guide, provided I'm documenting a Windows user
> interface. But I don't get why they insist a radio button is called an
> "option button" while a check box isn't. If choosing to check or clear a
> check box isn't an option, what is it? Why does the check box get a
> specific name, and the radio button the general name?
>
> Take care,
>
> Scott
