"Screen real estate"
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I think you should just go with the flow, it's hard to change commonly used jargon. I always had problems with people saying SEQUEL instead of SQL, but I stopped bothering ... :-\
If they were consequent in the pronunciation of abbreviations, they'd call the continent the "UI".
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RickZeeland wrote:
I always had problems with people saying SEQUEL instead of SQL, but I stopped bothering ...
Yes, that drove me bonkers for a year or two, too, but I've got used to it over time.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
i call it sequel just to make people mad at me.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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i call it sequel just to make people mad at me.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
I'm actually a bit inconsistent on it, I'll generally say: SQL T-SQL SEQUEL SERVER
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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- Sequels usually suck. 2) SQL reminds me more of 'squeal' than of 'sequel'. 3) Mickeysoft often makes me feel like squealing. So let's more adequately call it a squeal server and give it our squeal of approval.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I'm actually a bit inconsistent on it, I'll generally say: SQL T-SQL SEQUEL SERVER
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
I used to work next door to the microsoft SQL team devs and how they pronounced it varied. I figure if they don't care enough to get after each other about it, neither should I. Still, I wonder how the former sybase folks feel about it.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Those use SEQUEL probably old or learned from old... As today I do not meet anyone using that form anymore...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
i'm old now? sheesh
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
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I think you should just go with the flow, it's hard to change commonly used jargon. I always had problems with people saying SEQUEL instead of SQL, but I stopped bothering ... :-\
I'm a bastard, I call it squirrel and yep it annoys the crap out of some :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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RickZeeland wrote:
I always had problems with people saying SEQUEL instead of SQL
Same here. I have also seen people saying LINQ as LINQUEUE. :doh: But unlike SEQUEL I doubt I will ever get used to this sickness.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
Is it not a nice little play on words: SQL ("SEQUEL") = Seek Well?
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i call it sequel just to make people mad at me.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
It works!
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
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Caslen wrote:
Why not call it 'the screen'?
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
**<pedantic>**As UI builders, we have to communicate with users. The first step in that communication is using vocabulary they understand. Most people understand the term real estate to mean a space with designated boundaries. It's therefore not much of a stretch to use screen real estate to refer to areas on the screen. Software developers who don't develop UI have a long, vicious tradition of using terminology that confuses users in a pathetic attempt to boost their own flaccid egos.**</pedantic>**Software Zen:
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
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RickZeeland wrote:
I always had problems with people saying SEQUEL instead of SQL, but I stopped bothering ...
Yes, that drove me bonkers for a year or two, too, but I've got used to it over time.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I see the UX guys use this term frequently. Why not just call it "visual estate" or "virtual estate" For example: We need to consider the available visual-estate for the widget. instead of saying, We need to consider the available screen real estate for the widget.
Because people don't understand the etymology of "real estate", so they say it like it's one word, which applies equally to anything taking up any kind of space, or anything valuable, or anything you have to pay through the nose for. It's very geeky to give a technical answer when somebody's trying to be funny. Sigh.
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Those use SEQUEL probably old or learned from old... As today I do not meet anyone using that form anymore...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
