Hi, all!
Please forgive the slightly off topic question.
If any of you have done any documenting of iPad apps (or any tablet for that
matter), what word do you use for choosing the actual app? On a computer we
usually use click or select. So is this touch, select, open?
Thanks!
Kristy
Hi Kristy
From the Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition:
Use tap and double-tap instead of click and double-click when writing
content specific to touching a
screen or using a pen pointing device. Tap means to press the screen with a
finger or pen tip and then
to lift it, usually quickly.
Hi Kristy,
For iPad apps - tap.
Kind regards,
Vladislav
2013/3/25 Kristy Nolan kristy.no...@wnco.com
Hi, all!
Please forgive the slightly off topic question.
If any of you have done any documenting of iPad apps (or any tablet for
that matter), what word do you use for choosing the
The standard iOS terms are tap, drag, flick, swipe, double tap, pinch,
and touch and hold. Somebody put some thought into making them
unambiguous. (The difference between flick and swipe is hard to
explain, but meaningful to experienced users.)
See Apps Respond to Gestures, Not Clicks in Apple's
Hi, all!
Please forgive the slightly off topic question.
If any of you have done any documenting of iPad apps (or any tablet for that
matter), what word do you use for choosing the actual app? On a computer we
usually use click or select. So is this touch, select, open?
Thanks!
Kristy
Hi Kristy
>From the Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition:
Use tap and double-tap instead of click and double-click when writing
content specific to touching a
screen or using a pen pointing device. Tap means to press the screen with a
finger or pen tip and then
to lift it, usually quickly.
Hi Kristy,
For iPad apps - "tap".
Kind regards,
Vladislav
2013/3/25 Kristy Nolan
> Hi, all!
>
>
>
> Please forgive the slightly off topic question.
>
> If any of you have done any documenting of iPad apps (or any tablet for
> that matter), what word do you use for choosing the actual app? On
The standard iOS terms are tap, drag, flick, swipe, double tap, pinch,
and touch and hold. Somebody put some thought into making them
unambiguous. (The difference between flick and swipe is hard to
explain, but meaningful to experienced users.)
See "Apps Respond to Gestures, Not Clicks" in
