Re: Terminology

[Liam Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:16:24PM +0200, Christian Rose wrote:
>> How about "Properties" ? I'm not saying that is the best one, but it is
>> being used in IBM's Workplace Shell.
> 
> Speaking of "properties" works well for objects, but does it work well
> for a whole application?

There is certainly precedent -- open look used that term, and there is
a Props key on a Sun keyboard which is supposed to bring up a properties
window for any window, program or selected object.

Lee

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