Re: Screen vs. Window - and "right-hand" and "left-hand"

Subject: Re: Screen vs. Window - and "right-hand" and "left-hand"
From: Hope Cascio <hope -dot- d -dot- cascio -at- US -dot- ARTHURANDERSEN -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 12:12:39 -0400

Mary McWilliams Johnson <mary -at- SUPERCONNECT -dot- COM> wrote:

I agree with you about the use of "pane" and "box." However, I would
suggest that you omit "hand" when describing the element's position. This
is something that bothers me (though apparently it doesn't bother most
folks).=20

It seems to me that it's superflous to say "right-hand" when "right" is
quite definitive by itself. If you were to try to be consistent in your
descriptions, you would also need to say "top-hand pane" or "upper-hand
pane" and "bottom-hand pane" or "lower-hand pane." You might say that
there's no more reason for saying "right-hand pane" than there is for
saying "right-foot pane."

I understand that this is one of those "pet peeve" things (mine is misuse
of apostrophe's-- see, isn't that annoying?!) and I can see how
"right-hand" might be more clear than "right." I might even be tempted to
wonder if "right" means my right or the computer's (which is facing me).
Since the computer's perspective and mine share a common top and bottom,
these distinctions would be unnecessary to me.

Hope Cascio




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