Re: The Help Menu



Dan Kaminsky <effugas@best.com> wrote:
> >second, "Prog" is a somewhat well-known abbreviation, so common that it's
> >not even seen as one anymore. even my girlfriend knows at a glance what it
> >means (she's for computers what other people's mom is).
> 
> Walk up to people and ask them what "Computer Prog" is an abbreviation for.
> Non-geeks will have to think for a minute.

it's not even "computer prog", it's just "Prog".

ok, I'll do what you proposed. I'll fake a screenshot of some application
with an added "Prog" menu, show it to people from sysadmins down to the
secretary who'd rather have a typewriter and ask them a) what they believe
it means and b) what they expect to find there and c) (showing a faked
screenshot where it displays its entries) if the actual entries surprise
them or seem logical.


sorry, I don't like guessing. I'll do the research, then tell you the
results. I'll happily continue the discussion afterwards.


> Jeez, man, it's three letters.  We're not exactly hurting for space on our
> menu bars.

when the suggestion "Program" came up for the first time, SEVERAL people
complained it would be too long. I'm not doing these things on dice rolls,
you know? :)


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The universe does not have laws -- it has habits, and habits can be broken.



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