On Oct 17, 2007, at 9:37 AM, paige saez wrote: > The definition of "Delete" includes remove; > <snip> > But "Remove" does not include "Delete";
> I think about deleting as removing too. But I think about removing > as, well, > re-moving. So to me they are only different in one direction. > Which terms do you prefer and why? Technical vs Colloquial, Formal > language > vs Informal, Direct vs Elusive... In several software applications I use regularly -- Apple iTunes and Linotype FontExplorer come to mind -- you can _remove_ items (songs and fonts in the example apps) from displayed lists, but without actually _deleting_ (as in 'permanently destroying') the item in question from the file system, or indeed, without necessarily removing the item in question from other lists maintained by the application. I treat 'remove' as 'remove from this collection', and 'delete' as 'permanently discard'. Will Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
