atw: Re: Terminology
- From: John Bennett <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:39:36 +1300
I don't know if this is applicable, but I use square brackets in our documents
to indicate what is being displayed on our
controller's 6-digit led display.
For example: ...... the display reads [PUMP 1] [ON] ........
Having two separate readings side-by-side normally means the display
is toggling between both readings.
Cheers
John Bennett
Texmate NZ Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand
john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.texmate.com
Ilana Cohney wrote:
> 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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