ah. I was hoping to hear from you on this. The context here is the following usage:
Last login (which sounds ok to me) and Logout of the <cms thing> (which does sound wierd to me) I recognize that either way this is a quibble, and possibly cultural. But I'd appreciate any feedback. This is for a little thing I am writing up. Dana On 5/4/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These days it is a verb. Mostly. But context is everything. > > Back in the day, when Human Interface Guidelines were being hashed > out, there was some question as to whether "login" was a noun or a > verb because it varied by context > > Login (shown as a button) > -or- > Login/password (as input fields) > > The preferred solution to that one was to refer to the input field > (noun) as "username" to avoid the conflict. > > The more pedantic, grammatical model that appeared was "login" and > "logout" vs. "log in" and "log out". The former being the noun and the > latter being the verb. But I've always felt that to be far too subtle > a distinction for the average user. And your question actually cuts to > the quick on this approach. A person can be assigned a login (ie. > username) but when was the last time you saw someone assigned a unique > logout name? So while the grammatical argument may be sound, it falls > apart in practice IMO. > > -Kevin > > On 5/4/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you think of logout as a 1) noun 2) verb 3) don't know 4) don't care? > > > > just wondering... > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156406 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
