"My stuff" vs. "Your stuff" in UI texts

Posted by JD Isaacks on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by JD Isaacks
Published on 2011-02-18T14:31:22Z Indexed on 2013/10/19 16:08 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 368

Filed under:

naming

|

usability

|

wording

When refering to a users stuff should you use My or Your, for example:

My Cart | My Account | My Wishlist

Or

Your Cart | Your Account | Your Wishlist

I found this article that argues for the use of your. It says flikr does this. It also says MySpace and MyYahoo are wrong.

I also noticed today that Amazon uses the term Your. However, I have heard they are the masters at testing variations and finding the best one, so what you see on their site might be the best variation, or simply something they are currently testing.

I personally like the way my looks better, but thats just my opinion.

What do you think? What will hever the better impact on customers? Does it really even matter?

© Programmers or respective owner

Related posts about naming

Use Glassfish JMS from remote client

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, I have glassfish installed on a server with a JMS ConnectionFactory set up jms/MyConnectionFactory with a resource type or javax.jms.ConnectionFactory. I now want to access this from a client application on my local machine for this I have the following: public static void main(String[] args)… >>> More
Naming conventions and field naming question for CakePHP

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Okay so two questions very related: 1) Does following the naming convention for classes, controllers, database fields, etc. affect the framework's ability to work the way it was intended? (I'm a little new to working with a framework from the beginning of app development) 2) This question is more… >>> More
Python Naming Conventions for Dictionaries/Maps/Hashes

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
While other questions have tackled the broader category of sequences and modules, I ask this very specific question: "What naming convention do you use for dictionaries and why?" Some naming convention samples I have been considering: # 'value' is the data type stored in the map, while 'key' is… >>> More
Naming PowerPoint Components With A VSTO Add-In

as seen on Geeks with Blogs - Search for 'Geeks with Blogs'
Note: Cross posted from Coding The Document. Permalink Sometimes in order to work with Open XML we need a little help from other tools. In this post I am going to describe a fairly simple solution for marking up PowerPoint presentations so that they can be used as templates and processed using… >>> More
"Mac" vs "OS X" vs "Mac OS X"

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
I am writing server software that gives administrators options that apply only to Mac OS X clients. When naming those options, I need to decide how I am going to refer to such clients. I can see three choices: Mac OS X Mac OS X In context, I feel that "Mac OS X" might be a little clumsy: "Default… >>> More

Related posts about usability

Measuring Usability with Common Industry Format (CIF) Usability Tests

as seen on Oracle Blogs - Search for 'Oracle Blogs'
Sean Rice, Manager, Applications User Experience A User-centered Research and Design Process The Oracle Fusion Applications user experience was five years in the making. The development of this suite included an extensive and comprehensive user experience design process: ethnographic… >>> More
Attend Onsite Product Usability Testing or Tour Oracle HQ Usability Labs during Oracle OpenWorld 2014

as seen on Oracle Blogs - Search for 'Oracle Blogs'
By Gozel Aamoth, Oracle Applications User Experience Oracle OpenWorld is the world’s largest business and technology event, featuring thousands of sessions, including keynotes, technical sessions, demos, and hands-on labs. Hundreds of exhibitors will be sharing what they’re… >>> More
how important is usability to your workplace/employer?

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
If asked, I would bet that every manager would agree that software usability is important. Unfortunately, when it comes time to put their money where there mouths are, they shy away and tell the programmer to just make it usable. What is everyone's experience with usability in the workplace? Is… >>> More
Usability: Do mac users understand "right-click"?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have a feature of my application which depends on alternate-click. Windows users don't understand "alternate-click" though, and I was wondering if most mac users understood "right-click", and if so if they were offended or annoyed when they see such text. Does anyone have experience developing… >>> More
What are usability, accessibility, screen-reader or any other development, functionality, cross brow

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
What are the usability, accessibility, screen-reader, or any other development, functionality, or cross browser issues with <iframe>? Is there any alternative for <iframe>? And are there any JavaScript/jQuery or server-side techniques which can decrease the usability, accessibility… >>> More