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

[Dan Scott]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:48:49PM -0400, Dan Wells wrote:
> 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

After you log in, the button splits into two: "My Account" and "Logout".

I would be fine with changing "Your Account Log In" to "My Account" in
the default TPAC, if that's the preference, as the string is already
translated.