Re: suggestions for naming a UI element

Subject: Re: suggestions for naming a UI element
From: Steven Gaghan <sgaghan12 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Leisa Ashbaugh <leisa -dot- ashbaugh -at- aisystems -dot- org>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:25:41 -0400

How about "Fitness Indicator"?

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Leisa Ashbaugh <
leisa -dot- ashbaugh -at- aisystems -dot- org> wrote:

> HI -
>
>
>
> I am working with a new UI that has a 'scoreboard' overview for a set of
> data. There are a number of constraints, and each constraint receives
> a score. Each score has a corresponding "traffic light" (little colored
> circle, ala red, green, yellow) that indicate the 'fitness' of the
> score.
>
>
>
> I would like a good name for the little fellas, better than 'traffic
> light indicators' - but I seem to be suffering a severe case of
> creativity brain freeze.
>
>
>
> A typical sentence:
>
>
>
> "The Scoreboard shows the schedule's constraint violations and
> penalties. 'Traffic
>
> light' indicators help you quickly determine which violations and
> penalties fall
>
> outside acceptable boundaries."
>
>
>
> I look forward to hearing your ideas.
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>
>
> (Please include my email address in your reply, as I'm on daily digest.)
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> Thanks for your help,
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>
>
> Leisa Ashbaugh
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