Press or Click
Matthew East
mdke at ubuntu.com
Sun Apr 20 10:19:07 UTC 2008
Hi,
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Phil Bull <philbull at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 09:18 -0700, Lloyd Budd wrote:
> > Looking at "2.1. Checking disk capacity" the instructions start Press
> > Places > Computer
> >
> > Having worked with members of the Apple documentation them this
> > tripped me up. A press keys on the keyboard and click with the mouse.
> >
> > I guess this originates in the GNOME Documentation Style Guide? This
> > is worth changing.
>
> If I remember correctly, the GNOME style guide recommends "click", but
> I've been using "press" for some unfathomable reason. What do other
> members of the Doc team think? Either term means the same to me.
For me, "click" should be used for the mouse, and "press" for the keyboard.
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Matthew East
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