In addition to the "remove from list" vs. "discard" distinction, the difference between these terms could also indicate the type of "thing" that is being operated on.
In an application I am currently designing, I use "create" and "delete" to label operations on primary entities, and "add" and "remove" to denote operations on attributes that exist within the context of a primary entity. I believe this is fairly common in enterprise applications. Dmitry On 10/17/07, Will Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
