atw: Re: Terminology
- From: "Fullerton, Elizabeth" <Elizabeth.Fullerton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:20:32 +1000
The ellipses usually indicate that selecting that item on the menu will =
lead to a dialog, rather than simply performing the function.
I always leave them out of the documentation.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ilana Cohney [mailto:Ilana.Cohney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2003 9:16 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Terminology
Thanks all for your suggestions for making more "user friendly" =
teminology.
I did quite an interesting study of some existing databases and found =
that
the terminology used for the same functions differed widely, some terms
actually quite surprising. Anyone heard of a Word Wheel? It is quite =
some
bright spark decided to call a Lookup List.
Anyway, does anyone know of the significance of using an elipses ( ...) =
I
have seen them at the end of menu items, tooltips, popup windows and =
dialog
boxes. There does not seem to be any consistency about its usage. Some
terms such as Save ... or New ... use it while others such as Sort =
don't.
It seems to be especially popular by programers when naming popup =
windows
and dialog boxes. I find that they do not add anything to the =
documentation
but added clutter. Did you include them when naming menu items and =
windows
or leave them out? Should we get rid of them altogether?
Ilana Cohney
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