Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-14 Thread Clark C. Evans
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 06:15:54PM +0200, K Stol wrote: | It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this | stuff. While event is the right thing in some places it isn't in | others (like the whole attribute/property mess) we may be well-served | choosing another name. I'm

RE: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-14 Thread Butler, Gerald
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Events (I think we need a new name) Matt Fowles wrote: I think Page already has a different meaning in computers, namely a page of memory. Not to mention a web page. For what it is worth, I support event as the name. Being as I think I'm largely responsible

RE: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-14 Thread Rachwal Waldemar-AWR001
: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Events (I think we need a new name) Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should have a second draft of the thing soon. It does, though, sound like we

RE: Events (I think we need a new name) - Parcel?

2004-05-14 Thread Butler, Gerald
I LOVE IT: PARrot Container for Event Lobbing!!! -Original Message- From: Andy Wardley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 7:36 AM To: Butler, Gerald Cc: 'Gordon Henriksen'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Events (I think we need a new name) - Parcel

Re: Events (I think we need a new name) - Parcel?

2004-05-14 Thread Andy Wardley
Butler, Gerald wrote: How about: tocsin [...thinking out loud...] I'm not sure it's a good idea to use an obscure word, even if it is appropriate to the usage. It should be a word that the average user would recognise, and hopefully be able to intuit some sense of what it does. How about

RE: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-14 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 06:27, Rachwal Waldemar-AWR001 wrote: It seems the name 'event' is not as bad. So, maybe 'Pevent', stands for 'parrot event'? One advantage... it'd be easy searchable. I recall a pain whenever I searched for 'thread', or 'Icon'. If you're talking about search engines,

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-13 Thread James Mastros
Dan Sugalski wrote: Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should have a second draft of the thing soon. It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the right

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-13 Thread Matt Fowles
All~ I think Page already has a different meaning in computers, namely a page of memory. This one might be going to far afield for names. For what it is worth, I support event as the name. Matt James Mastros wrote: Dan Sugalski wrote: Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document

RE: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-13 Thread Gordon Henriksen
Matt Fowles wrote: I think Page already has a different meaning in computers, namely a page of memory. Not to mention a web page. For what it is worth, I support event as the name. Being as I think I'm largely responsible for the sense that the name needs to be changed, I should point out

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-13 Thread Michael Scott
On 12 May 2004, at 17:38, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote: It's Parrot telling you that something happened. Squawk? Mike

Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should have a second draft of the thing soon. It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the right thing in some

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread K Stol
Dan Sugalski wrote: Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should have a second draft of the thing soon. It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
Dan Sugalski wrote: It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the right thing in some places it isn't in others (like the whole attribute/property mess) we may be well-served choosing another name. I'm open to suggestions here... Notice? (Too

RE: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread Gay, Jerry
Dan Sugalski wrote: It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the right thing in some places it isn't in others (like the whole attribute/property mess) we may be well-served choosing another name. I'm open to suggestions here... incident?

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 12:08, Dan Sugalski wrote: It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this stuff. While event is the right thing in some places it isn't in others (like the whole attribute/property mess) we may be well-served choosing another name. I'm open to

Re: Events (I think we need a new name)

2004-05-12 Thread Tim Bunce
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 12:08:08PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should have a second draft of the thing soon. It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate