On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 18:20 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > Would it be a good idea to link to, or include, the > Recommended Terminology from the GNOME Handbook of > Writing Software Documentation [*] in the HIG? > > A lot of advice in there should be applied to > interfaces as well as documentation. Eg, use of the > words 'pointer' and 'cursor'.
I don't think we'd want to maintain it in two places, but a pointer wouldn't hurt. We probably need to make it clearer generally that anyone seriously involved with UI design *or* documentation ought to be somewhat familiar with both documents. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
