[OPEN-ILS-DEV] 'My Account' vs. 'Your Account'

[Dan Wells]

Hello all,

Apologies if I missed any prior discussion, but as I am working on implementing TPAC for my library, I noticed that the 'My Account' link from JSPAC is now labeled as 'Your Account Log in'.  I have no problem with either wording, and it isn't a huge deal, but I want to make sure we are being consistent and deliberate with this label.  In particular, the current alpha Android app uses 'My Account', so I am trying to determine for certain which direction we wish to go as a group before I go ahead and change it to match the TPAC.

Since it interested me, I just spent the last 30 minutes or so looking at 20 top Internet retailers across a variety of product types to see which sort of labeling is more common.  Here are the results:

"My Account":
barnesandnoble.com
bestbuy.com
buy.com
costco.com
dell.com
homedepot.com
jcp.com
kohls.com
officemax.com
petco.com (in 'My Petco' menu)
petsmart.com (only visible after 'Sign in')
sears.com (listed as 'My Profile')
staples.com
target.com
toysrus.com
zappos.com

"Your Account":
amazon.com
lowes.com
nordstrom.com

Other:
newegg.com ('Your Account' within 'My NewEgg')


Rather than spend any more time providing an analysis of this data, I would like to step back and hear if others have any strongly held opinions about this.

Thanks,
Dan

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Daniel Wells, Library Programmer Analyst dbw2 at calvin.edu
Hekman Library at Calvin College
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