On Apr 25, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:
Priscilla Chung wrote:
+ We will use 'User name' (as opposed to username, User Name,
user id, ID, etc).
"User name" is a term I can't remember ever seeing anywhere (on the
Web or otherwise), and is easily confused with the idea of the
"user's name," e.g., "Sarah Rodriguez" or "Ravi Johnson."
+ 1
The terms 'login ID,' 'user ID,' and 'username' are all pretty
standard and well-established terms both in general computing and
all over the Web to indicate "that other thingy besides the
password I have to type to get into my account."
I like "username" or "login ID".
One thing to keep in mind here is that the term "username" is
actually entrenched in our (public facing) APIs, so changing to a new
term now could be confusing for mashup developer types.
-Travis
I would much rather us pick one of these standard terms and use it
unless there's some compelling reason to do otherwise. Given that
it's the Login page, I'd be inclined to lean toward 'login ID,' but
I don't really feel strongly about any certain one.
Matthew
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