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Subject:Re: GUI names: forms vs. windows From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
In article ORG -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com, MBaker -at- TIMELINE -dot- com (Mark Baker) writes:
>We're currently reviewing/updating our in-house style guide and would like
>to know how others have answered the "Are these called forms, windows, or
>something else?" question, as in "Click OK to open the XYZ form/window."
>
You've left out a crucial bit of information here: is
the product based on an existing industry GUI, such as
Motif, or is this a proprietary GUI? If the former,
there are usually programmer style guides that indicate
what you should call each piece of the interface.
If it's a proprietary GUI, it probably is pretty much
up to how the team interprets common industry nomenclature.
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