Re: [Usability]widget style vs window decoration, (was "cheat to window-manager integration")

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

fre 2002-07-26 klockan 20.53 skrev Daniel Borgmann:
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 14:31, Christian Rose wrote:
> > * "Widget" is an invented word that doesn't use any real-world metaphor
> > (not any that I know about at least), so you have not a big chance of
> > guessing what it is if you don't know it already. "Controls" is better
> > in this case since you can make the connection to real-world controls
> > (real buttons, levers etc.).
> > * The widget concept is not just hard to describe, in most cases you can
> > successfully describe these things by using the terminology of what they
> > are (buttons, check boxes, etc.) which in most cases don't have the
> > above problems. And since using "widget" in most cases isn't at all
> > necessary and using terminology as "controls" can be used instead, there
> > is *no* need to use this terminology in the user interface.
> 
> Instead of arguing, shouldn't we take a break and discuss about the term
> "controls"? If we all agree that this is the right wording, this would
> pretty much solve this issue, right?

There is no need for discussion; "controls" is already the agreed upon
terminology defined in the GDP word list, which are the guidelines that
we should use for terminology.


Christian