RE: To use or not to use the term "WYSIWIG"?

Subject: RE: To use or not to use the term "WYSIWIG"?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:02:28 -0500


The definition here is the one I use (it's different than your meaning). I
think the term is a bit dated, though, and personally wouldn't use it,
particularly because someone may interpret it as you'll see here:
http://tinyurl.com/4yqac or
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:J396uS4yO10J:www.houghi.org/jargon/WYSI
WYG.php+WYSIWYG+jargon&hl=en&lr=lang_en

The above is from The Jargon Files (I had to use the cached page).


Bonnie Granat | www.GranatEdit.com
bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US




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