Perfectly stated! You're also capitalizing on what everyone else is using. I know the "I do it because everyone else does" is a poor excuse, but people see "Logout" and they know exactly what that does. They're used to it. I don't want to make the end-user think. :-)
Eric Kevin Graeme wrote: >It's funny, but I knew Jim would be able to run with this and cover >nearly the same exact points as I would. > >IMO, this is one of the situations where the rules of grammar are >secondary or at least bendable. If it has to be an icon and label, and >it has to mention the CMS as what is being logged out of, I would >simply have "CMS Logout". The best strictly grammatical phrasing, as >Jim has said, is "Log out of the CMS" but that's so unweildy. I'm >comfortable with an ambiguous fragment where Logout is effectively >both noun and verb. > >If you are designing this and have this control, I would recommend >just using the word "logout" either as a button or hypertext link. If >there are two contexts that it could apply to (account and cms) then I >would provide the context through other means like grouping, color, >etc. "Logout" in a cluster of CMS controls is understandable if the >interface designer has done a good job of differentiating those >controls. > >-Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:156444 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
