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You made me laugh. Right-select and double-select. Pretty funny. I can't believe he let those stand. So glad to hear that he has other redeeming qualities.
Lin Laurie
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From: Shari Punyon <sharipunyon -at- gmail -dot- com>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 11:59 AM
To: Craig Cardimon <craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com>
Cc: Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com>; TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Select - Click - Tap
One of my jobs went to select for everything because there could be multiple ways to select something. It mostly worked except for right-select and double-select. Our boss insisted we use those, but nobody was happy about it. Good news is that he was otherwise an excellent manager!
> On May 16, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Craig Cardimon <craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> ïI would use tap when writing documentation for mobile devices such as
> smartphones.
>
>> On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:48 PM Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I apologize if this has been discussed recently but I am getting
>> ready to teach a class and am writing documentation for my students.
>> I just tried looking this question up using Google, Amazon, and
>> Microsoft and couldn't get a good answer.
>>
>> I know when to use Select vs. Click, but are we including tap now? If
>> I know my writing could or is definitely going to be accessed by
>> phone, I'd say yes, but if we aren't sure, what's the general rule?
>> We're going to be creating responsive HTML output for some projects, BTW.
>>
>> Does anyone have an opinion?
>>
>> Lin Laurie
>> 206.900.1861
>> www.linlaurie.com<http://www.linlaurie.com>
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