[pmwiki-users] Re: Supporting different modes in default pmwiki

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Aug 8 12:57:38 CDT 2005


On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 12:47:10PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:26:09PM -0400, Bronwyn Boltwood wrote:
> > On 8/8/05, Radu <radu at monicsoft.net> wrote:
> > > I have a problem with the name, though. 'Mode' is extremely
> > > overloaded semantically - and what we need matches none of the
> > > meanings listed at:
> > > http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=mode
> > > ... except maybe 4a.
> > > 
> > > How about 'view', which is what we use when working with data sets,
> > > or just 'layout'?
> > 
> > View is a good term.
> 
> Even though I haven't fully digested the implications of modes,
> perhaps "role" is another possibility.

Even better is probably "context", since everyone is saying that
this feature allows individuals to tell the wiki the context
in which they are interacting with the system.

Pm




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