>At 4:49 PM 2/7/97, Jon Bosak wrote: >>I don't like "explainer" either (there seems to be a consensus >>building on the dislike, anyway), but "caption" is too >>presentationally specific; you wouldn't want to call this a caption if >>it were an item in a menu list, for example. I would suggest "label" >>(that is, more formally, "link label"). >[David Durand] > >I don't like the terms description or caption in any permutations or >variations because they imply formatting semantics. "Description" does not speak to me of format, but neither does "link label" which is short and sweet. Liora ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Word Electric \I sing the body electric I key the word electric\ POB 177, Route 5 / -- Walt -- Liora / E. Thetford, VT 05043 \ or, as Henry Miller said, \ 802/785-2623 /"Anyone can write, but writers can't do anything else."\ \\\\\\\\\\\\liora@the-word-electric.com\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Received on Monday, 10 February 1997 08:18:53 EST
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