[Suggestion] Change wording from YOUR towards MY

[erich37]

I would suggest to change the wording from "YOUR" towards "MY" on the following:

- Your Account
- Your Content
- Your Notifications
- Your News Feed
etc.

it is much more intuitive when it reads:
- My Account
- My Content
- My Notifications
- My News Feed
etc.

 

[Disjunto]

I have this discussion at work every other week. I personally think both are fine

 

[James]

My makes it sound personal. "Your" makes it sound like they're talking to you... though XF is a pretty amazing piece of software that does talk to you

 

[Paul B]

Personally I'd have neither and just have Account, News Feed, Notifications, etc.

After all "Watched Threads" isn't "Your Watched Threads"

 

[Disjunto]

Personally I'd have neither and just have Account, News Feed, Notifications, etc.

that would imply that the notifications are shown to everyone..... I really hate naming options

 

[Nick]

I have this discussion at work every other week. I personally think both are fine

I think both are fine as well, but my personal preference is "My".

 

[Paul B]

that would imply that the notifications are shown to everyone

Watched Threads?

 

[Nick]

Personally I'd have neither and just have Account, News Feed, Notifications, etc.

After all "Watched Threads" isn't "Your Watched Threads"

Facebook does this with some things: "Profile", "Account", "Account settings".... but then there's "Edit my profile".

 

[Disjunto]

Facebook does this with some things: "Profile", "Account", "Account settings".... but then there's "Edit my profile".

Now that's my kind of consistency

 

[Paul B]

Which is why personally I would just drop all the "your", "my", etc.

If it doesn't relate to you or your account then just prefix it with something like "all" or "everyone's".

 

[Russ]

I think of it more as the forum is telling you, "Your Content", "Your news feed" ect

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to customize when it launches to you're liking.

 

[Lawrence]

I like "your", it makes sense as you are reading choices that you can make.

Either way works, though.

 

[Paul B]

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to customize when it launches to your liking.

Don't you mean my liking?

 

[Kier]

It was a conscious decision on our part to use 'your' rather than 'my' throughout XenForo. Most importantly, we do it consistently.

If you fancy a giggle, look at Facebook's main login/signup page for some serious your/my confusion.

 

[Dragapult]

Personally I'd have neither and just have Account, News Feed, Notifications, etc.

After all "Watched Threads" isn't "Your Watched Threads"

I agree with this. I don't think any sort of personal branding is needed.

 

[Disjunto]

It was a conscious decision on our part to use 'your' rather than 'my' throughout XenForo. Most importantly, we do it consistently.

If you fancy a giggle, look at Facebook's main login/signup page for some serious your/my confusion.

yeah, as long as it is used consistently, both work fine. If you start using whatever feels right at the time things get confusing

 

[Jerry]

Praise be for phrased language setups .......

 

[Liam]

i think Your looks better

 

[Brandon_R]

Personally I'd have neither and just have Account, News Feed, Notifications, etc.

After all "Watched Threads" isn't "Your Watched Threads"

I would rather have this also.

 

[Disjunto]

Praise be for phrased language setups .......

yeah, just a few phrases for those that prefer it differently

I would assume anyway