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:5:156405 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
