"Screen real estate"
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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
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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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I always call it squeal. It seems far more appropriate to me.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
