Re: SUMMARY: To mouse or not to mouse?

[Adam Korman <akorman -at- EPICOR -dot- COM>]

My $.02:

"As you move the cursor over the graph, Application displays and updates
statistical data about specific points along the graph." Or... "To see
statistical data about specific points along the bar graph, move the cursor
over the graph."

Frankly, given your description of how this works, I don't think it matters
much what you write -- once you give them the hint that something will
happen when they move the mouse around over the chart, it won't take users
long to figure out what's happening.

Adam Korman
<akorman -at- epicor -dot- com>

-----Original Message-----
From: Parker, Kami {41-1~Indianapolis} [mailto:KAMI -dot- PARKER -at- ROCHE -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:12 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: SUMMARY: To mouse or not to mouse?

The following are a few of the verb phrases that were offered:
Point, Move, Place, Hover ....the pointer, pointer device, cursor

However, those alternatives didn't seem to succintly define the action, at
least in this particular instance I am trying to describe.
I agree that Mouse is not and should not be a verb.  I also agree that
scroll should only be associated with the scroll bar control.

But...

The window has a bar graph with several bars, some are divided to represent
different variables of the total.  When you place, point or put the cursor
on the bar, the cursor/hand displays corresponding data, in a tool-tipish
type window relative to its location on the X,Y axis of the chart.  As you
mouse, scroll, roll or move up or down the bar, the statistical data is
updated.

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