Re: Button vs. Icon

["T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Well, button is as button does, but let me propose they are all
"TOOLS." Where are buttons/icons? In a "TOOLbar." If you mouse over a
button/icon, what displays? A "TOOLtip."

There you have it, TOOLS!

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:16:37 -0700 (MST), Lisa M. Bronson
<lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sue,
> 
> For us, the difference is whether it's text or a picture on the GUI
> element. We use a lot of icons to cut down on screen translations for
> globalization. So, for your example, if the element says the word "Save"
> on it, I would call it a button. If it has a green checkmark or some other
> symbol/picture, I would call it an icon.


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