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Subject:Re: Screen vs. Window From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:32:50 -0400
I don't know whether this is accurate or not, but here's how I use them:
If I'm documenting a character-based system - I refer to "screens".
If I'm refering to something on the windows desktop (i.e., icon), I use "screens".
If I'm documenting a windows (GUI) application, I refer to "windows".
I also make the following type of distinctions:
"Complete each of the fields displayed on the screen"
"Complete each of the fields displayed in the window"
That's just how I do it.
Suzette
On Friday, June 12, 1998 11:19 AM, Sharon Key [SMTP:sharon -at- DRA -dot- COM] wrote:
> What is the difference between these two terms?
