[Techtalk] dah, what's transparent?

Conor Daly conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Wed Jan 28 20:25:15 EST 2004


On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:07:52AM -0800 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Carla Schroder thought:
> 
> I've always thought the correct term should be 'opaque', because the inner 
> workings are hidden from the user. 

I'd apply 'opaque' to Windoze error messages 'cos they tell you nothing
other than an error occurred.  

Conor
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