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Re: Another name for Accordion in Help (developed in Flare)
Subject:Re: Another name for Accordion in Help (developed in Flare) From:Paresh Naik <paresh -dot- n -dot- naik -at- gmail -dot- com> To:dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com Date:Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:22:39 +0530
How about "buttons on the navigation pane?" Microsoft uses this for the
accordian in Outlook.
HTH,
Paresh
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Deborah Hemstreet <
dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am working on an online Help project and my client does not like the
> terminology "Accordion Bar" for the bottom left bar which has icons that
> change content from the TOC to Index, Glossary, or Search.
>
> Users can click and drag the icon bar up and this changes the icons to
> buttons with text that read Contents, Glossary, Index, or Search, depending
> on how far I drag the bar up.
>
> In Flare this is called an Accordion.
>
> I have no idea what else to call it but my client feels that the name
> Accordion is a play on part of the name of their software which just happens
> to include the word "Accordance" SO....
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deborah
>
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