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Subject:Re: What do you call something? From:"Jay Maechtlen"<techwriter -at- covad -dot- net> To:info -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com Date:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:01:43 -0700
Um. Unless you can guarantee that the interface/display will always be
in color and will never be presented to the color impaired...
... you better distinguish them by something more than color...
Spectrum Writing wrote:
> Thanks. "Callout" works great, so I can state something like red callout
> indicates this and point cursor on the callout to view the warning, a green
> callout, etc.
>
> Y'all get the drift. Dialogue bubble or dialogue balloon just wasn't getting
> it for me!
>
> thanks again!
>
> TVB
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
> Owner/Principal
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> info -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com
>
>
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