Re: [Usability] Showing vs. Displaying

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0100, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> There is a sense of revealing something that already exists, but is
> hidden, in the verb show, so there is a subtle difference in the meaning
> of these two verbs.
> 
> I agree that the current definition of display in the GDSG does not
> capture this distinction - I'll update the GDSG as follows:
> 
> display
> Use this verb when an item is not already open somewhere in the desktop
> environment. The item needs to be opened, added or  launched. 
> Example: To display the Background Preferences dialog, right-click on
> the desktop, then choose Change Desktop Background.
> 
> show
> Use this verb when an item is already open somewhere in the desktop
> environment, but hidden.        
> Example: To show more options, click on the More Options button.

Cool.

Now we need to get the UI parallel into the HIG and write bug reports. >:-)

Any takers?

Cheers,
Greg