Re: [Usability]Re: Controls, widgets, and UI learning.

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM>]

On Jul 30 2002 Michael Toomim wrote: 
> 
> I think this needs to be pointed out: a 
> dictionary/thesaurus/wordnet/encyclopedia isn't the place to look to 
> find out what words mean to users.  You need to ask users.
> 
> I bet you a million bucks that the literature is not going to tell you 
> anything about what real users think about the word "widget" in this 
> context.
> 

Breathtaking! And in one fell swoop all points of reference in the universe are 
removed.