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Re: spelling question: user-interface or user interface ??
Subject:Re: spelling question: user-interface or user interface ?? From:Blair John <Blair -dot- John -dot- MM5 -at- MACMAIL1 -dot- NB -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:59:07 -0800
Radha Kotamarti asked:
> I'd like to know what you folks out there prefer.
> "user-interface" or "user interface"?
Definitely no hyphen. Unless the term is used as a compound modifier -- a
hyphen would even be "iffy" in that case, and I can't think of one example
anyway -- there's no reason to use a hyphen here.
John Blair
john -dot- blair -at- nb -dot- rockwell -dot- com
