Seems like it could be. Login, sign in, join, register, connect... they're just buttons that act as doorknobs on the social web.<div><br></div><div>I prefer connect — with a meaning like "plug in" — as in putting a plug in the wall... but that's not perfect either.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Hans Granqvist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hans@granqvist.com">hans@granqvist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Nice interface, thanks for sharing.<br>
<br>
A bit of Bo-Hoo at LinkedIn for using "Sign In" which seems to<br>
indicate log in when it's not really.<br>
But perhaps no one cares. Is authn and authz just an academic<br>
difference in the wild?<br>
<br>
The world will keep turning...<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Chris Messina <<a href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com">chris.messina@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Take a look at this:<br>
> visit <a href="http://elegant.ly" target="_blank">http://elegant.ly</a> and click the "Sign In" button...<br>
> You end up at LinkedIn where you're essentially doing an OAuth dance for<br>
> sign in.<br>
> Interesting, eh?<br>
> Chris<br>
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