Alan....

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--- Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at disney.com> wrote:
> Dan --
> 
> Anyone who writes a really good tutorial (or any other documentation) 
> can use any terminology they like!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alan
> 
> ------
> 
> At 4:06 PM -0700 4/16/01, Dan Shafer wrote:
> >How important is it, Alan, for those of us writing tutorials and other docs
> to
> >use this same terminology, in your view? I mean, is this really 
> >important stuff
> >that has a lot of thought behind it that we shouldn't disturb or 
> >should we feel
> >free to re-think it?
> >
> >--- Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at disney.com> wrote:
> >>  As Josh pointed out, the comments use the internal SqC terminology
> >>  for these. We call the constellation of colored circles a "halo", and
> >>  the colored circles themselves are called "handles".
> >>
> >>  Cheers,
> >>
> >>  Alan
> >>
> >>  ------
> >>
> >>  At 10:19 AM -0700 4/15/01, Andrew P. Black wrote:
> >>  >Re: Terminology.
> >>  >At 17:41 +0100 2001.04.15, John Hinsley wrote:
> >>  >
> >>  >>  > I called the entire surrounding pantheon of icons a halo but I
> >>  >>think Squeakers
> >>  >>>  generally call each of the buttons surrounding the selected
> >>  >>>object a halo. I'm
> >>  >>>  not sure it matters _too_ much but in tutorials we probably ought
> >>  >>>to agree on
> >>  >>>  the terminology.
> >>  >>
> >>  >>Yes. Any ideas for what to call the collection of halos? A cluster of
> >>  >>halos? A hoopla of halos? A holy of halos?
> >>  >
> >>  >I think that the whole collection of colored blobs should be called
> >>  >a halo.  After all, this is close to the accepted meaning of the
> >>  >term in English.  What then to call each of the colored blobs?  How
> >>  >about "buttons"?
> >>  >
> >>  >Sometime you can avoid using a word at all, by just saying something
> >>  >like: bring up the Morphic halo on foo, and click the purple
> >>  >eyedropper.
> >>  >
> >>  >	Andrew
> >>
> >
> >
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