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Subject:Re: Menu terminology From:Reuven Frank <reuven -at- E-AND-C -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:34:30 +0200
"Menu items"
And for exactly this reason.
All kinds of things can be ncluded in menus.
Go with a universal term that you can use consistently.
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From: John Bell
Sent: Tue, 01 Sep.98 20:37 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Menu terminology
I have a new writer who brought an interesting question to me.
What do you call the items on a menu?
My initial reaction was "Commands", Now I find myself
doubting the universal label of
"Command". Should we differentiate between commands,
window names, and options? If so, what should we call
them?
Thanks!
--- John Bell
jbell -at- paragren -dot- com
