atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
- From: Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:59:44 -0800
No need to actually have a Kindle, John. The free Kindle app (available for
both the major iThingie devices, not to mention for PCs and presumably for
Androids) will handle the Kindle version of the MMoS. I'll certainly be reading
it mainly on the iPad, especially with the larger screen and scalable colour
illustrations.
Love your HIDden analogy, BTW! :)
Thanks
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Maizels
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 12:44 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
Let's see... I have a wheel rodent on this PC and a trackpoint rodent on the
other PC. The indicator stalk in my car would be a "human interface device",
and supports both left and right click operations.
Um... I hesitate to ask, but I don't have a Kindle. Is the MMoS available for
the iThingie platform?
John
At 13:22 9/02/2012, you wrote:
I've been using the MMoS (3rd edition) since I discovered it the sale bin in an
ordinary bookshop many years ago. I went and bought a coffee and started
reading it immediately! (Much to the amusement of my wife.)
I've been looking forward to it being updated, especially re interface
elements, and Howard's comments encourage me to think that it really has been.
Re "mouse devices" etc., I remember laughing when I plugged in a mouse and
Windows told me it had detected a "human interface device". That's a prime
example of why a wordsmith should always be involved with any text a user might
see.
Nick
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