Ok.... back to programming environment. Also synonym maps
class ?
On 11 October 2017 at 14:59, Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Peter,
You’re absolutely right, it’s all about what it looks like to the user. J
If I can get developers to use the best words on the screen itself, the
user is less likely to have to refer to the documentation I write. (And
they’ll be less likely to make false assumptions after having not read it).
“Category” could indeed work. Unfortunately it is already used elsewhere
in the app, with specific standard meanings, so a field labeled just
“Category” on this screen could confuse the user.
I try to encourage an ethos of one word labeling only one thing, and that
thing only ever being labeled by that word. So I’m reluctant to break that
rule for this screen.
Thanks anyway.
Cheers,
nick
*From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@
freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Peter Martin
*Sent:* Wednesday, 11 October 2017 1:35 PM
*To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* atw: Re: Synonym for Object
Nick:
Starting to get the idea that it's a matter of what it looks like to the
user, rather than what it actually is as far as programmers are concerned.
From a couple of things you've mentioned, it sounds as though object type
is might simply be a category as far as the user is concerned.
Does that fit ?
-Peter M
On 11 October 2017 at 13:48, John Maizels <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nick, I'm going to stick my neck out here and guess.
In context, is your user filling out a set of definitions which then turn
into (say) actions on a generated menu? That's sort of how it reads to me.
If that's correct, then could the thing that will be displayed to the
final user be described as a "value"?
John
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