Re: [Usability] Link to Glossary in the HIG
- From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
- To: Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>
- Cc: Gnome usability <usability gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [Usability] Link to Glossary in the HIG
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:50:15 +0000
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 18:20 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> Would it be a good idea to link to, or include, the
> Recommended Terminology from the GNOME Handbook of
> Writing Software Documentation [*] in the HIG?
>
> A lot of advice in there should be applied to
> interfaces as well as documentation. Eg, use of the
> words 'pointer' and 'cursor'.
I don't think we'd want to maintain it in two places, but a pointer
wouldn't hurt. We probably need to make it clearer generally that
anyone seriously involved with UI design *or* documentation ought to be
somewhat familiar with both documents.
Cheeri,
Calum.
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