The Ultimate Guide to Sign In, Log In and Similar

One of the UX and Technical Writing nightmares is when you try to come up with or unify the way to let your customers “get into” your product. Sign in, sign out, log in, log out but also sign up, register, join, create an account. And what about nouns of those verbs? Login and sign-in? Which one is the right one? Let’s unite the world.Tomas Nosek·Follow10 min read·Feb 18, 2020--A lot of terms, processes, and approaches in the world of the Internet are specified and given. However, when it comes to the activity of getting into or out of a product, the authorities are silent. When checking the dictionaries, most definitions say the same thing only with different words.For example, the Cambridge Dictionary says that one of them is used “to connect to a computer system by putting in a particular set of letters or numbers” while we use the other “to enter your personal details into a website, etc. so that you can use it.” That’s actually how I thought it’s used — log in for operating system...