On Jan 25, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Anthony wrote: > Yeah, that's why we should probably just make it configurable. :-)
I was distracted, I think, by the different verbs and didn't notice the different objects, perhaps itself a reason to use the same verb both places. I don't think it matters too much which verb, though "lost" has the advantage of being shorter. If someone forgets their password, they're not likely to fail to click "lost" on those grounds... > > On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:46:39 PM UTC-5, ニコノコ wrote: > Hmm ... if one is gonna be anal about this, I think "lost" should be used > instead. Some users never really know their passwords or usernames, they are > either recorded somewhere or recorded automatically (autofill?), and in case > they loose this, then they never really forgot since they never remembered it > in the first place. Either way, they're still lost. > > Sorry, I'm still waiting for the caffeeine to kick in and get my head working > right. :D > > On Thursday, January 26, 2012, Anthony wrote: > I thought his point was why use "forgot" for one and "lost" for the other? > Why not "forgot" in both cases? > > On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:03:18 PM UTC-5, naveed wrote: > It's "forgot USERNAME" vs "forgot PASSWORD".
