RE: Touch-screen terms

Subject: RE: Touch-screen terms
From: Michael West <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:41:44 +1000



Sean Hower wrote:

> I don't know much in the way of touch screens, but what about using
> "tap" instead?

Mainly because it conjures up images of some beefy guy
jabbing the poor little screen with a big fat finger repeatedly
until something happens.

> It's the term used when talking about PDAs where you tap
> the screen with a stylus.

Right -- tapping with a stylus I can relate to. Tapping
with a stubby fat finger ... that's a worry.

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Mike West
Melbourne, Australia


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