[austechwriter] Re: [old-austechwriter] Terminology - screen orwindow
- From: Michael West <mbwest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:13:28 +1000
> However, if your _audience_ (about which Mike mentioned zero, zip, nada) is
> from a mainframe terminal background, they will thank you for using the
> term screen which they are used to meaning a window.
Not sure I agree. I'm from a mainframe
terminal background (CICS/3270
vintage 1980), but when working
in a GUI environment I prefer to use the
GUI vocabulary. But yes, if your users
would be totally flummoxed by the
term "window", having had no introduction
to Windows and all that other new-fangled
claptrap, by all means don't confuse them.
Still, I don't see how "screen" would solve
the problem, which as I understand it refers
to changing content within the same "screen"
(if you prefer) or window.
--
Mike West
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