On 4/19/07, Gary Schnabl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A tab is but a tiny part of a page or pane. A better term would be a tabbed page or a tabbed pane. It wouldn't hurt to consult the Wiki or something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_%28GUI%29 In a procedural step, one might select a page from a group of other pages by selecting its tab. But, one doesn't enter data into the tab because the tab is merely the tiny part of the page used for labelling or for selecting it. Information is (and choices to be made are) located on pages, not tabs. It's really quite simple... Gary
Hello Gary, I guess both Paul and I know the difference between the meaning of the words tab and page, but the issue (if I can call it so) is more what the user associates with the word in this context. In my experience, as semantically wrong as it can be, people happily say "Change the value in the xxx tab", "Go to the xxx tab" and so on. It does not matter if what they really mean is page. So the user guide should strive to get the procedures approachable for the average user and therefore I think that tab is a better choice. Cheers, Michele
