Re: [Usability] Screensaver and idle time

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 2 Mar 2006, at 09:59, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> I am wary that the word 'desktop' is already
> overloaded. Writing the UG, it's been hard to
> differentiate between:
> - desktop the thing at the back of the screen

That's always supposed to be referred to as the "desktop background"  
though, no?    I remember the Sun docs team having nightmares about  
this when they wrote the docs style guide too :/

> - desktop the universe

That would usually be "desktop environment" I guess, although I don't  
think the style guide specifies that.

> - and the Desktop menu
Well, that's the "Desktop menu" :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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