I think the synonimity stems from the idea of highlighting text within a
word processor which has the effect of selecting it for editing. Although
the terms are fairly interchangeable, I would use select rather than
highlight because it would be understood to mean highlight text as well as
select for editing. My two cents.
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From: "David Csercsics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: selecting and highlighting
Quoted stuff:
Maybe this doesn't matter, but are selecting and highlighting
synonymous? I wondered because vo uses both so I assumed they were
somehow different.
I have always assumed that they were synonyms and it hasn't seemed
to have any effect. It's confusing though I think. I think the term
highlight refers to the fact that the item looks different visually
when it is selected. But conceptually what you're doing is selecting the
item. I think they should pick one or the other and use it consistently
or put a note somewhere that says that these words mean the same thing
so we don't get it Cmuddled.
