My Little Pedant March 14, 2010 10:16 PM Subscribe
The World's Tiniest Pony: fix for inconsistency in terminology?
Why does it say "sign out" up by my MeMail icon when I am prompted to "login" and right now I'm looking at a prompt by my username that says "logout"?
Why does it say "sign out" up by my MeMail icon when I am prompted to "login" and right now I'm looking at a prompt by my username that says "logout"?
Is either one better? We can fix it pretty easily.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:32 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:32 PM on March 14, 2010
perhaps "sign out" should be the terminology used on the "close your account" link... login/logout is what you do every day (or comment, or new browser, or whatever), and signup/signout are what you do when you start and finish using MeFi...
not that I'm just muddying the water...
posted by russm at 10:38 PM on March 14, 2010
not that I'm just muddying the water...
posted by russm at 10:38 PM on March 14, 2010
I'd like my to say "Unlogin" to sign me out, and "Deunlog" to sign me in.
posted by turgid dahlia at 10:40 PM on March 14, 2010 [37 favorites]
posted by turgid dahlia at 10:40 PM on March 14, 2010 [37 favorites]
HSBC's Internet Banking site says "Logoff" which is just terrible.
posted by griphus at 11:24 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by griphus at 11:24 PM on March 14, 2010
I think "logit!" for both.
posted by unknowncommand at 11:25 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by unknowncommand at 11:25 PM on March 14, 2010
How about "Make it Start" and "Make it Stop. Oh God. MAKE IT STOP."
posted by sambosambo at 11:47 PM on March 14, 2010 [10 favorites]
posted by sambosambo at 11:47 PM on March 14, 2010 [10 favorites]
I refuse to sign anything!
posted by gomichild at 11:51 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by gomichild at 11:51 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Sign in/Sign out makes MeFi feel more like a place where one can leave one's mark or share personal things. Signed, like a letter, guestbook, or the sly hotel registers from Lolita.
Log in/Log out is kind of clinical. I hear login and think something along the lines of "Login records show that the defendant was logged in when the botnet began to transfer and delete the trade secrets." IMO logs are for computers, not communities.
But yeah, I really don't care either way. I'm just writing this comment because I have insomnia. Damn you, daylight saving time!
posted by infinitewindow at 12:01 AM on March 15, 2010
Log in/Log out is kind of clinical. I hear login and think something along the lines of "Login records show that the defendant was logged in when the botnet began to transfer and delete the trade secrets." IMO logs are for computers, not communities.
But yeah, I really don't care either way. I'm just writing this comment because I have insomnia. Damn you, daylight saving time!
posted by infinitewindow at 12:01 AM on March 15, 2010
Metafilter: Slog in, slog out.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:19 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:19 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
The World's Tiniest Pony: fix for inconsistency in terminology?
What, you've been here a week and already you want to tell the mods how to run the place?
(I keed, I keed.)
I vote for Wax on/Wax off. That way, I can polish my Karate skills while I surf Metafilter.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 1:11 AM on March 15, 2010
What, you've been here a week and already you want to tell the mods how to run the place?
(I keed, I keed.)
I vote for Wax on/Wax off. That way, I can polish my Karate skills while I surf Metafilter.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 1:11 AM on March 15, 2010
I want three options:
"Log in" (two words)
"Log out" (two words)
"Take a break" - Opens a screen on which you enter the number of days you want to be unable to log in. You are logged out and timed out until the corresponding date, which appears on your profile page as "Taking a break until [return date]."
posted by pracowity at 2:39 AM on March 15, 2010 [12 favorites]
"Log in" (two words)
"Log out" (two words)
"Take a break" - Opens a screen on which you enter the number of days you want to be unable to log in. You are logged out and timed out until the corresponding date, which appears on your profile page as "Taking a break until [return date]."
posted by pracowity at 2:39 AM on March 15, 2010 [12 favorites]
Sign out sounds better than log out to me. It also sounds less like I'm closing an entry in this Star Date's e-diary, or enjoying the effects of fiber.
posted by empyrean at 2:58 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by empyrean at 2:58 AM on March 15, 2010
pracowity
That will lead to a lot of people buying sockpuppet accounts as they try to survive without commenting on an argument on the internet. Bravo! If it prevents an IP address viewing metafilter, then there will a lot of people (including me) learning how to fake IPs.
posted by b33j at 3:47 AM on March 15, 2010
That will lead to a lot of people buying sockpuppet accounts as they try to survive without commenting on an argument on the internet. Bravo! If it prevents an IP address viewing metafilter, then there will a lot of people (including me) learning how to fake IPs.
posted by b33j at 3:47 AM on March 15, 2010
Give me a straight "in" "out" and I'll like you. Yeah, baby.
posted by Kerasia at 3:50 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by Kerasia at 3:50 AM on March 15, 2010
Excuse me, missus. No time for the old in-out, I've just come to read the meter.
posted by pracowity at 3:59 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by pracowity at 3:59 AM on March 15, 2010
That will lead to a lot of people buying sockpuppet accounts as they try to survive without commenting on an argument on the internet.
I'm so lonely.
posted by Pollomacho at 4:46 AM on March 15, 2010
I'm so lonely.
posted by Pollomacho at 4:46 AM on March 15, 2010
Following the logic of whichever lunatic came up with the syntax for Cisco IOS, the terminology should be:
posted by FishBike at 5:30 AM on March 15, 2010 [4 favorites]
- logout
- no logout
posted by FishBike at 5:30 AM on March 15, 2010 [4 favorites]
Flame In and Flame Out?
posted by idiomatika at 5:34 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by idiomatika at 5:34 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Could you change my "My Ask" to "Mask"? THX!
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 6:03 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 6:03 AM on March 15, 2010
In time you'll learn that there's no real reason to sign out or logout. ever.
posted by gman at 6:11 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by gman at 6:11 AM on March 15, 2010
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.
posted by kirkaracha at 6:16 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by kirkaracha at 6:16 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
"Take a break" - Opens a screen on which you enter the number of days you want to be unable to log in. You are logged out and timed out until the corresponding date, which appears on your profile page as "Taking a break until [return date]."
Good idea.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:39 AM on March 15, 2010
Good idea.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:39 AM on March 15, 2010
"Take a break" - Opens a screen on which you enter the number of days you want to be unable to log in. You are logged out and timed out until the corresponding date, which appears on your profile page as "Taking a break until [return date]."
There is something to be said for having to apologize to the mods for making their lives difficult during your flameout, though.
*cough* not that i'd know from personal experience or anything. *cough*
posted by zarq at 7:34 AM on March 15, 2010
There is something to be said for having to apologize to the mods for making their lives difficult during your flameout, though.
*cough* not that i'd know from personal experience or anything. *cough*
posted by zarq at 7:34 AM on March 15, 2010
How about "Let's Get This Party Started!" and "I Am So, So Sorry" -- they would make things more festive!
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:40 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:40 AM on March 15, 2010
Metafilter: Slog in, slog out.
Ooh! Can we have this one? Please please please?!?
posted by slogger at 8:21 AM on March 15, 2010
Ooh! Can we have this one? Please please please?!?
posted by slogger at 8:21 AM on March 15, 2010
How about "Make it Start" and "Make it Stop. Oh God. MAKE IT STOP."
PB disabled that script.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:24 AM on March 15, 2010
PB disabled that script.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:24 AM on March 15, 2010
Is either one better?
I'd like the bike shed to be green.
posted by fritley at 8:47 AM on March 15, 2010
I'd like the bike shed to be green.
posted by fritley at 8:47 AM on March 15, 2010
I'd like "Activate the Timesink" and "DTMFA" whenever you get a chance. Thanks.
posted by iconomy at 9:18 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by iconomy at 9:18 AM on March 15, 2010
dtmfa = detactivate timesink (metafilter) activation, by the way
posted by iconomy at 9:20 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by iconomy at 9:20 AM on March 15, 2010
I want 'Breathe In' and 'Breathe Out', with a little sample of Machine Head playing every time, just for that awesome 90's feel...
posted by pupdog at 9:26 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by pupdog at 9:26 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
One vote for "Funk On" and "Funk Off".
posted by Aquaman at 9:28 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Aquaman at 9:28 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
"Sign off", which leads you to a new page of the American Flag waving in the breeze and the National Anthem playing. After the song is done, the page is replaced by static.
posted by backseatpilot at 10:43 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by backseatpilot at 10:43 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
in.
out.
just here to
Fatuous, &c.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:50 AM on March 15, 2010
I always log out like this:
sync
cd ~
halt /home/metafilter
umount /home/metafilter
So I guess it should really say "Un-mount MetaFilter" instead of "sign out".
posted by GuyZero at 11:02 AM on March 15, 2010
sync
cd ~
halt /home/metafilter
umount /home/metafilter
So I guess it should really say "Un-mount MetaFilter" instead of "sign out".
posted by GuyZero at 11:02 AM on March 15, 2010
So I guess it should really say "Un-mount MetaFilter" instead of "sign out".
Unmount? So you're saying Metafilter is the world's tiniest pony?
posted by qvantamon at 11:37 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Unmount? So you're saying Metafilter is the world's tiniest pony?
posted by qvantamon at 11:37 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
While we're at it, I'd like it to play a little Wilhelm Scream every time I sign in.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 11:41 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 11:41 AM on March 15, 2010
well i bring it up this way: why is "mail" an icon?
posted by polymodus at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by polymodus at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2010
Ok, I've tried my hand at writing my first ever Greasemonkey script. The feeble results are here. This changes the "sign out" link to say "logout" instead.
posted by FishBike at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by FishBike at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2010
I want 'Breathe In' and 'Breathe Out', with a little sample of Machine Head playing every time, just for that awesome 90's feel...
A, uh, guy I knew in college downloaded a windows theme constructed entirely from out of context snippets of songs of Jewel's first album.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:34 PM on March 15, 2010
A, uh, guy I knew in college downloaded a windows theme constructed entirely from out of context snippets of songs of Jewel's first album.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:34 PM on March 15, 2010
russm : login/logout is what you do every day
Ha! Logout... good one.
Wait, you can do that? I thought once we bonded with the collective, it was eternal.
posted by quin at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2010
Ha! Logout... good one.
Wait, you can do that? I thought once we bonded with the collective, it was eternal.
posted by quin at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2010
Of course, detactivate would be logging in. Abandon tact, all ye who enter!
posted by carsonb at 2:35 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by carsonb at 2:35 PM on March 15, 2010
I like logout, it reminds me to eat more fiber. Sign out just makes me think of evidence lockups in detective movies. Which I guess means that should be reserved for cabal members persons undisclosed.
posted by BrotherCaine at 2:48 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by BrotherCaine at 2:48 PM on March 15, 2010
Look, I know allayall who're like, "wait...you can log out?" think it's a badge for your hardcore. Or like a patch on your jean MetaFilter jacket sewn on with cat-gut from the tennis racket you took off the preppy Fark kid the other day. But Hardcore MetaFilter Userage™ is logging onto your MeFi account from as many fucking computers as possible. I nab iPhones from grannies on the bus and log on to check favorites. (I always give them back though—I'm no monster.) When there's street cleaning twice a week I wardrive for open networks and log on from there. I've logged on from every computer of every person I've ever spent the night with and thus we know each other MetaFilterally as well as. I methodically metafilter along every Library computer at every branch in this county. But I'm no whore with my credentials; logging out is important to maintain the integrity of my Individual MeFi Persona™ and I always do it no matter what. Because I'm Hardcore MetaFilter.
posted by carsonb at 4:52 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by carsonb at 4:52 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
I want a jean jacket now.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:58 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:58 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
A, uh, guy I knew in college downloaded a windows theme constructed entirely from out of context snippets of songs of Jewel's first album.
You know, c-man, I once said one of my joys in life was knowing I'd never have to listen to that AOL door-slam upon logging out ever again.
I think I would prefer that to having to hear about who's sa-uh-ahving my soul every time I wanted to empty the trash.
posted by pupdog at 5:00 PM on March 15, 2010
You know, c-man, I once said one of my joys in life was knowing I'd never have to listen to that AOL door-slam upon logging out ever again.
I think I would prefer that to having to hear about who's sa-uh-ahving my soul every time I wanted to empty the trash.
posted by pupdog at 5:00 PM on March 15, 2010
invention exchange/movie sign
posted by eddydamascene at 8:37 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by eddydamascene at 8:37 PM on March 15, 2010
You are not logged in, either login or create an account to post comments
But seriously, folks, for tiny ponys like this one that don't call for a community discussion there's a Contact link down in the footer of every page that magically emails all moderators your pedantry directly.
posted by carsonb at 10:19 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]