On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Carolyn Beeton wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe >> Attardi >> 2. "Kick" --> "Evict" ? >> I don't understand the objection to the term "Kick". It's >> very commonly used for this exact type of scenario: >> The misbehaving student was kicked out of class. >> Bob was in the Army until he got kicked out. >> See: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kick, definition 31: >> "kick out, Informal. >> a. To oust or eject: They have been kicked out of the country club. " >> >> Kick is much clearer than Evict... what is the motivation for >> this change? > > In this context, to this neophyte user, "kick" might mean "wake > up". I > might select it if someone I just asked a question did not respond... > (e.g. kick them to tell them to come off mute). Quite different from > "kick out" (which is unambigous, though not very professional). >
for fun, I asked some completely non technical people what they call this action (without leading them) and the words they used to describe this action was "hangup" and "disconnect" which both now seem so much more obvious than any of the others. Mike _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev
