Monday, February 25, 2019

word choice - Technical terms for user-website interaction



I am making a context diagram of a website and I noticed that the words I used for a user and the website's interaction are not consistent or cohesive.



I have been using the pairs of words below to indicate that a user requests to "see" a webpage:



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a user "visits" a website and the webpage "views" (as a response to the user)




I can't find a more acceptable alternative for these two but I am sure there are better ones out there that I just don't know.



One more, what should I use if the page that a user wants to see is a popup or specifically a modal element (which means a user is not directed away from their current page)?


Answer



A user views and inputs. A website displays and outputs. A modal pop-up is called a modal window.


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