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Subject:Re: What do you calliut From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Tech Writers <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:44:47 -0700
Hey man, it's your call... Tech Writer Reigns Supreme!
-T
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:39 PM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> As it is for internal documentation, I'm going with "widget". Does anyone
> have a violent objection?
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:47 PM Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
>
>> Looks like TechSmith gives Snagit's its own name "OneClick"
>> https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-snagit-oneclick.html
>>
>> Faststone calls theirs a "Capture Panel"
>> https://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm
>>
>> I've also seen it called "Toolbar", "Contols", and "Floating Panel".
>>
>> -Tony
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:10 AM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are applications (such as some Snagit and Jabber applications) that
>>> when loaded, place a little dropdown widget at the top of the screen.
>>>
>>> Is widget the correct term?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Posada
>>>
>>
>
> --
> John Posada
>
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