I guess my major problem was, I've learned pretty much what everything was and what it did, without knowing what it was called. IOW, I really didn't need to know what it's name, so long as I could work with it. Example: I haven't a clue what 'modal status updates' are, let alone NON-modal ones! That's for folks who learned about how to understand and manipulate computers in class ~ what to call things, so others could follow along.
I bought my first-of-many Macs in 1986, and have ever since stumbled along, learning as I go. When I trip, I give a shout to the list, and some kind soul helps out. Many thanks for being a support person when I needed one. keith whaley On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Trane Francks <tr...@gol.com> wrote: > On 8/14/13 7:58 AM +0900, keith_w wrote: > >> Excellent response. This time I found it, of course... Thanks. >> >> Poor choice of names, IMMHO. >> >> I appreciate your post. >> > > Glad to be of service, Keith. I'm glad you've got it figured out now. > > As for the name being poor, I don't think so. "Status bar" has > historically been that term and used for said purpose in windowed, > graphical user interfaces for going on 30 years now. It is traditionally > used to give non-modal status updates on the state/function of the program. > It's not unique to Mozilla and the organization's use and placement of the > bar is consistent with user experience expectations. > > IMO, YMMV and all. > > Cheers, > > trane > -- > //////////////////////////////**/////////////////////////// > // Trane Francks tr...@gol.com Tokyo, Japan > // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. > ______________________________**_________________ > support-seamonkey mailing list > support-seamonkey@lists.**mozilla.org<support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org> > https://lists.mozilla.org/**listinfo/support-seamonkey<https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey> > _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
