RE: Open vs Appear, Yet Again (was: "RE: WG: Newbie question - GUI terminology")

Subject: RE: Open vs Appear, Yet Again (was: "RE: WG: Newbie question - GUI terminology")
From: "Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>
To: Jeff Cross <Jeff -dot- Cross -at- desire2learn -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:18:10 -0400

> What about "displays" used as an intransitive verb, in place of
> "appears" or "opens"? (As in, "The Add Participant window displays.")

Display as an intransitive verb? That's what peacocks do. <g>

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