This is a question I ask myself everytime I start a new project that requires authentication. And then respectively is it Sign Out, Sign Off, Log Out, or Log Off?
What is this all about? Well I was trying to determine if there was a standard terminalogy used to describe entering your username and password to gain access to a system or application.
I found no definitive answer, but I did check out a few random web sites and operating systems to see what they used.
Most of the web sites I checked, mac, solaris, redhat w/gnome use Log In/LogOut.
Only Windows OS’s and a couple we sites used Log On/Log off.
And then Sign In/Sign Out was rather limited.
Now granted, my selection of web sites is farely limited and I did not check any actual client applications.
There is a term called Single Sign On, yet I did not run across any systems which actually term their username and password screen Sign On.
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Sign In/Sign Out yahoo mail gmail hotmail expedia ofoto shutterfly tivo netflix turbotax amazon ebay espn cnn usps national geographic dell oracle |
Log In/Log Out Mac OS 9.0, 10, X Sun Solaris OS GNOME 2.2.0 in Redhat 9 sun buy logitech gamespot webex americawest mac mail redhat sourceforge roboform swa avis united nwa americanairlines delta paypal paypal development flickr snapfish qvc ameritrade schwab american express evite fedex motley fool ivillage brinannica lycos bugzilla blogjet novell rsa |
Log On/Log Off Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 95, 98, Me, longhorn chase etrade oracle sql plus |
Sign On/Sign Off I didn't run into any. |