atw: Re: What do dialog boxes do?

Whale, obviarsely Ney-homie
Aye "is displaying" ma campleat ignorance.

Etymology of display?
[C:14 from Anglo-French despleier - to unfold, from Late Latin displicare
to scatter, from DIS+plicare to fold]

See how I fold and scatter under pressure!

What a display!

I'll have to monitor this list more closely.

Hey, is a monitor a display (noun) or just a big lizard?
(Ergo does one tile or rep-tile images on one's monitor?)

Cheers,

Micky G using a 43cm (diagonal measure) notebook lizard screen.
Write Ideas
www,writeideas.com.au

> Hey Michael :)
>
> Because in a previous life I was a programmer, and the dialog box does
> NOT initiate the action, goshdarnit! :-) And since I'm writing for IT
> people who might just feel the same, I stick to 'is displayed'.
>
> - Naomi
>
> Michael Edward Granat wrote:
>> Hey, Naomi (K)
>>
>> Why use the passive "is displayed"?
>>
>> Try the active "displays" instead.
>>
>> Short and unambiguous.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Micky G
>> Write Ideas
>> www.writeideas.com.au
>>
>>
>>
>>> I use 'is displayed'. Short, simple, to the point. Usually it's
>>> bleeding
>>> obvious which program is causing the dialog to be displayed. I'm not
>>> fond of 'appears' because it sounds a little... well, random! 'Is
>>> displayed' sounds more deliberate.
>>>


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