well, minimal meaning 1c and minimalist meaning 2 (below) look pretty similar to me, but as Tom says, the latter suggests intent. Then again, the fact that it is in the title also does a fair job suggesting intent. Let's just steer away from anything pretentious. I vote for minimalist.
http://www.dictionary.com - great resource! enough of this :) ant > -----Original Message----- > From: Tomas Rokicki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:17 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: RE: Minimalistic Docs > > > Well, if you believe dictionaries: > > minimal: adj. > 1a Smallest in amount or degree. > 1b Small in amount or degree. > 1c Only barely adequate. > 2 often Minimal Of, relating to, or being minimalism > > minimalist: n. > 1 One who advocates a moderate or conservative approach, action, or policy, > as in a political or governmental organization. > 2 A practitioner of minimalism. > > minimalist: adj. > 1 Of, relating to, characteristic of, or in the style of minimalism. > 2 Being or providing a bare minimum of what is necessary. > > So minimal is clearly not what we mean, but the second adjective definition > is clearly what we mean. So minimalist seems to work. Minimalistic is > clearly not a word. Minimal means, and further, connotes, the wrong > thing. > > Don't techies ever use dictionaries? > > -tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arnold Shore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:15 AM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: RE: Minimalistic Docs > > > And a minimalistic use of "Minimalistic" would be "Minimal". > > as > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher K. St. John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:47 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Re: Minimalistic Docs > > > Anthony Holland wrote: > > > > "Tomcat - A Minimalistic User's Guide" > > > > There is no such word as 'minimalistic'. > > > > > In the style of a member of the art movement Minimalism. > In the style of a minimalist. > Minimalistic. > > Works for me. > > "Minimalist User's Guide" would imply that the user's > guide has to do with the art movement (or communism), > while "Minimalistic" implies that the guide is in the > style of, but not actually about, Minimalism. > > "A Minimalist's Guide" might work. > > -- > Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
