How about "press"
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On 7/1/2019 10:08 AM, Lynn Floyd wrote:
What about the word "engage"?
Lynn Floyd
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Anderson County Library
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Good question, Jane! I'm interested to hear ideas of terms to replace "click", but I
hope we can avoid "operate". While that may be inclusive in a technical sense, I think
it requires all users to think more like a machine, when obviously our goal is to make the machines
(and instructions) serve the users.
Remington
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Here's an interesting documentation-related discussion happening on another email list I
subscribe to. I know that we have a lot of "click on X" language in our docs.
Should we consider some other term that also includes tapping, hitting Enter, voice
control, etc.?
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Date: Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:39 PM
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Similar to “operate” being equivalent to a click/tap, what would be the
recommended instruction for executing swipe for a voice over user on iPhone or
iPad?
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On Jun 19, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Steve Green <[email protected]> wrote:
Our report writing guidelines say to use the word "operate" for links and buttons rather than
"click" because it is independent of the mode of operation, such as clicking, tapping, keyboard
operation or voice control. I agree that "select" is definitely not appropriate.
Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd
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Hello, everyone.
As an instructional designer with experience working on content for
Microsoft, I've been using the Microsoft style guide wordings when
writing instructions that describe doing something in an application.
For example, you click a link or menu, but select a checkbox.
Recently, a colleague of mine told me that, to be compliant with
accessibility standards, we should stop using "click" for any
instruction (because it's mouse-centric), and use "select" instead.
So, "click the link" would change to "select the link" (To be clear,
I'm not talking about JS events, this is just written instructions, as
you would find in a learning job aid or quick reference.)
To me this is 100% wrong, because a) it doesn't map to Microsoft (and
other) manual of style; 2) it doesn't describe what you are doing (and I personally believe that
everyone, sighted or not, understands what "clicking" a button is, and
"selecting" is a different action); and 3) inconsistency is generally not good for UX or
for accessibility.
1 - Does anyone know of a reliable resource (like W3C) that has written on this
topic? I can't find anything.
2 - Does anyone have personal experience with testing instruction-type material
where this has come up?
Thanks
Karin
Karin Carlson, MCT, MSOMS
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instructional Designer
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