What are some good User Interface words/phrases

Question

I'm a programmer, and I come across the issue of naming UI elements on web pages often.

What are some good words/phrases?

Like:

Is there a list of standardized UI metaphors somewhere?

Are you asking about "good for user" or "good for developers"? Your example point towards the latter.
Terms like 'modal dialog' are likely to be understood by programmers, but will rarely be understood by the average user.
as Bobby Jack said. A typical user does not know (or correctly interpret/use) terms like "popup" or "modal". They have a very precise meaning for techies, but for users, the meaning is vague at best. --- that means: use less, simpler, more common terms when communicating with users.
you mean to say that between the designers and the users there is a vocabulary gap. something that the designers need to acknowledge and work to resolve.

peterchen · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-18 22:29:29Z

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answered Jan 18 '11 at 22:29

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Roland Pokornyik · Answer 2 · 2011-01-19 08:48:06Z

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Here's a great glossary for Web Design as a whole with lot of expressions you should know: http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignhtmlatoz/a/blglossary.htm

answered Jan 19 '11 at 8:48

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