Re: What would you call this?

[Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I'd write "status bar". But if it's not a well known term, you'll have to
define it in your doc

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Howard (Haim) Roman
On Mar 27, 2014 8:39 AM, "Tammy Van Boening" <tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am writing to an application that runs on iOS devices and I need to
> describe the user interface. At the top of the interface is an area that
> shows the icon for the iPad or iPhone, the current time, and the charging
> status. It also shows the name of the application tab that is currently
> opened and it has an button titled Settings for accessing the settings for
> the application. This is a distinct area of the interface and it is shaded
> light gray with a line underneath it to differentiate from the main work
> area of the interface below it, which has a white background. I have to
> give
> the users some context about the layout of this interface, so I need to
> identify this distinct area with the proper name/ID and I am stumped. My
> SMEs don't really have a name for it either - they just say at the top of
> the interface you see all this information. I want to say something like in
> the "status bar" or "view bar" , the following is displayed.
>
> Thanks!
>
> TVB
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
> Owner/Principal
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> TammyVB  *AT*  spectrumwritingllc  *DOT*  com
>
>
>
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