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Re: need a word - "don't bury it in the display and make it hard to find"
Subject:Re: need a word - "don't bury it in the display and make it hard to find" From:Sion Lane <slane -at- ubq -dot- thrupoint -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:55:23 +0000
I can't help thinking that 'prominent' and 'obvious' are subjective and
could be interpreted differently by different users.
Is there an example/recommendation you could use, for example "Display the
Snippet prominently, for example in the main toolbar/window/whatever"?
Sion
On 1/24/12, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
>> How about prominent? E.g., "Make this prominent in the interface."
>
> That's definitely the right concept. Wonder how I'd verbify it for the
> heading, "Prominent-ize the snippet"? :-)
>
> Yes, I could use helping words, "Make the Snippet Prominent", (I thought
> "make" was a helping/auxiliary verb, but I just checked and it's not),
but I
> do try to get more specific than that.
>
> Oh, this would work: "Display the Snippet Prominently" -- As Professor
Henry
> Higgins sang, "By George, she's got it!"
>
> Thanks!
> -Monique
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