As in...
"Some toolbar buttons are greyed out and not clickable"
...any comments on this usage? Is it 'fine' as a verbal phrase and as the adjective 'greyed-out'? I assume it is fairly new and only used in computing circles.
And a useless bit of information on the gray/grey topic:
In HTML and CSS all grays are named somethinggr
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(color)
I think "Greyed out" is fine as a verbal phrase and adjective - analogous to "blacked out". By extension, I suppose I would then have to accept "pinked out" etc.....
I prefer the spelling "grey" over "gray" - don't know why, I just do.
re: I prefer the spelling "grey" over "gray" - don't know why, I just do.
maybe for the same reason you are likely to spell color as colour?
grey is a word i must have learned very early in life, since i use the english english spelling over the american english spelling.
Yet, i don't really remember being able to read before i went to school (i knew my alphabet, and words (stop, and one way and other 'words' i commonly encountered) but i don't remember 'reading'. maybe i learned grey (where?) along with a handful of the words i learned by sight at preschool age.
"grey" is softer than "gray," better tells the autumn's lowering skies, the rasp of coastal squall lines to the eye
I've not heard the expression you describe belli.
I've heard of topics being a "grey subject/or grey area" when the right/wrong aspect of it is not obvious.
For example, we're always told we should not lie, but, many people will not hesitate to say "what a pretty baby" to new parents because this is considered a grey area in the rule. Do you tell the truth and hurt the parents needlessly, or do you tell a lie and break the rule.
>>I've not heard the expression you describe belli.<<
But you've seen the "phenomenon": it refers to buttons and fields that have, for one reason or another, been deactivated in a windows dialog box and appear grey or, sometimes, gray.
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As to babies, really, aren't even ugly babies pretty?
As to babies, really, aren't even ugly babies pretty?
Yes.
>>>But you've seen the "phenomenon": ...
Oh. Is that what that is called?! I always referred to it as "pale" or "paled" and consequently “locked.” As in, you can’t click on the button because it is pale, so it is locked.
As to babies, really, aren't even ugly babies pretty?
I once saw a photo of someone who is sort of a nephew. Before knowing who the baby was I said, he's the spitting image of Worf. And he really was.
>>Worf
Apart from the melanoma on his forehead he's a good looking guy.
MIchael Dorn, perhaps. I'm not so sure about Worf.