Re: on the fly

Subject: Re: on the fly
From: Diane Burke <dburke -at- RIGEL -dot- TYDAC -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 01:05:49 +0000

In <m0wQyBT-000ROHC -at- tydac -dot- com>, Cathy Carr wrote:
>To: techwr-l @ listserv.okstate.edu
>cc:
>Subject: on the fly
>
>
>Techwhirlers,
>
>We've tended to use the adverbial phrase "on the fly" a good bit in our
>documentation at my company, as in "this feature updates your
>gobbledy-gobbledies on the fly."

Hi Cathy,

IMO, on the fly suggests something that is being acted on as it arises but
without any forethought.

Do you really mean "updates interactively"?

Diane

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