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One of my jobs went to select for everything because there could be multiple ways to select something. It mostly worked except for right-select and double-select. Our boss insisted we use those, but nobody was happy about it. Good news is that he was otherwise an excellent manager!
> On May 16, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Craig Cardimon <craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> ïI would use tap when writing documentation for mobile devices such as
> smartphones.
>
>> On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:48 PM Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I apologize if this has been discussed recently but I am getting ready to
>> teach a class and am writing documentation for my students. I just tried
>> looking this question up using Google, Amazon, and Microsoft and couldn't
>> get a good answer.
>>
>> I know when to use Select vs. Click, but are we including tap now? If I
>> know my writing could or is definitely going to be accessed by phone, I'd
>> say yes, but if we aren't sure, what's the general rule? We're going to be
>> creating responsive HTML output for some projects, BTW.
>>
>> Does anyone have an opinion?
>>
>> Lin Laurie
>> 206.900.1861
>> www.linlaurie.com<http://www.linlaurie.com>
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