So it sounds to me like you both would somewhat prefer "click here to log out of <the cms thingy>" to "click here to logout <of the cms thingy>" but would not be up in arms at seeing the latter usage, is that a correct summary?
Dana On 5/4/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:20 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: user interface question > > > > Do you think of logout as a 1) noun 2) verb 3) don't know 4) don't care? > > > > just wondering... > > Generally a verb (and two words). The verb in that case is "log". > > I've nothing more than personal preference for this but my rules of thumb > are: > > 1) You log in/out of an application while you log on/off a system. > > 2) When referencing the current session these are always used as verbs. > "You've just logged in", "to log out...", "Logging out will...", "An error > occurred while logging in" and so forth. > > These rules are fundamentally arbitrary. Consistency is the key, not sense. > ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156410 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
