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Subject:Re: Name for Groups of Icons From:Susan Schulken <SSchulken -at- NEA -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:25:06 EST
LaVonna Funkhouser wrote:
>> Wouldn't this action be more of a "jump" than a "scroll"?
Technically, the buttons should probably be "Scroll Next/Previous"
and "Jump Top/Bottom".
My preference is simply: Next, Previous, Top, Bottom
Our users are more comfortable with the concept of scrolling; the action is
similar to the familiar task of scrolling through pages in a word processing
document.
Incidentally, the application had a true jump function (GoTo), but
no one ever used it.
::: Susan Schulken, Writing Consultant
::: National Education Association
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