Dialog box/Screen/Window

[Susan W Gallagher]

Zen,
All of the choices you've given are passive voice, so I wouldn't use any of
them. In my world,  windows open and dialog boxes appear. And Open is
(usually) a dialog box, so, "The Open dialog box appears."

As for the recommendation, again, "It is recommended..." is passive so I
wouldn't choose that one. I generally say either "<Company> recommends
..." or "We recommend..."

HTH
-Sue Gallagher


On 10/16/07, Zen C <zenizenc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> What is the best term to use?
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> The Open *dialog box* is displayed?
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> The Open w*indow* is displayed?
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> The Open s*creen* is displayed?
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> Are there any usage rules for these terms?
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> Also do you say
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> *It is* recommended to do this or *We* recommend you do this.
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> Thoughts please.
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>