Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?

Subject: Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
From: Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tritech -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:43:19 -0500

When confronted with this sort of thing, I either tell the user to expand
the Foo panel (if I know the audience has some experience), or I tell them
to click the plus sign or triangle (or whatever it is) to expand the Foo
panel. Knowing what it's technically called is a piece of trivia, and most
users won't care.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tritech -dot- com>
wrote:

> Oh no. No.
>
> "progressive disclosure control" is meaningless jargon to the average
> person.
>
> You tell someone "click the progressive disclosure control icon" and
> they'd be: "WHAT?!?!?!"
>
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> Subject: RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
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> They are "progressive disclosure controls" or "progressive-disclosure
> controls" if you want to fix Microsoft's punctuation:
>
> [1]https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742409(v=
> vs.85).aspx
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
> From: John G <[2]john -at- garisons -dot- com>
> Date: Tue, December 08, 2015 2:10 pm
> To: "[3]techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <[4]techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Many web sites these days use a triangle-shaped icon ... click it, and
> it
> rotates 90 degrees to display something (text, links, etc.) that was
> previously hidden.
> I call them "twist controls" but one of my SMEs says they are
> "accordion"
> controls.
> What do my fellow tech whirlers refer to these as?
> JG
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References:
RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?: From: David Artman
RE: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?: From: Lynne Wright

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