Re: [Usability] Re: Term: assistant

[Shaun McCance <shaunm wolfram com>]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 08:58, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On 4 Sep 2003, Murray Cumming wrote:
> 
> > Date: 04 Sep 2003 09:11:52 +0200
> > From: Murray Cumming <murrayc usa net>
> > To: Eugene Oconnor Sun COM
> > Cc: "desktop-devel-list gnome org" <desktop-devel-list gnome org>,
> >      "usability gnome org" <usability gnome org>
> > Subject: [Usability] Re: Term: assistant
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 17:31, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> > > I think "assistant" is the best term to use.
> >
> > I agree.
> 
> I agree that Assistant is a better term to use than Druid.
> 
> However I think Wizard, as used by both Apple and Microsoft and KDE* (and
> I suspect user interface designers in general?) is the _best_ term to use.

Apple uses Assistant.  And they use tuxedo icons for their Assistants
all the time, which I think is a bit silly.

--
Shaun