On 9 Sep 2009, at 15:01, Joshua Muskovitz wrote:
I think that "add to favorites" implies local storage of the
reference, while "add to my wishlist" implies server-based storage
which is accessible from anywhere (and in the case of Amazon, by more
than just yourself).
"Save for later" is ambiguous, however. It might be via a cookie
(local, and possibly volatile, storage), session state (highly
volatile), or server-based.
I have no data to support my perceptions, though.
Just to provide one data point - that wouldn't match my personal idea
of what it meant at all :-) None of the variations would suggest one
particular method of storing the information to me.
For me the meaning of the phrases is going to depend on the context
and why you're persisting the information.
For example:
* "add to favourites" has a ring of "I like this" rather than "I want
this". I can see myself hitting it on a DVD store to say I love a
movie that I already own; in the expectation that it might help the
site recommend other movies to me - or as a mini-review.
* "add to wishlist" says to me strongly that "I want this". I want to
buy it - or get somebody else to buy it for me.
* "save for later" has a ring of "need to think about that" to me.
Need to put something aside for now while I go off and do some
comparison shopping.
But that's just me rambling without understanding the OP's working
context. I'd probably go mock something up and stick it in front of
some people - and see what happened.
Cheers,
Adrian
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