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You = Dashboard, please.
You = Dashboard. I like the Dashboard but why is it called You and Dashboard? Could they be the same label? You is kinda tosh, really. I mean, it's not me. It's not you. It's just a label for my stuff. Which is the Dashboard too.
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Inappropriate?Tosh? Tosh??? We were going for merely cutesy.
I'm a fan of You, although I suppose "Dashboard" more accurately describes where you'll be going when you click on this. We may have to wrestle for this one in the Get Satisfaction offices. Scott is on my team.
Well, there is another reason for You. We have that drop-down next to You. So, You is also a list of things about you or related to you:
So, we want You to be more than just the Dashboard. Am I talking about the same You that you are talking about -- the one on the banner up there?
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This is one of the best points
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Sorry, Eric, you're not on the Thor payroll! -
Inappropriate?Hi Eric and Thor,
Good reply, all round.
You're right: 'tosh' is a bit precious from me. I'll strike that from the vocab unless striking an ironic stance.
Re: You / Dashboard.
I've wrestled with the same problem in design. I blame Flickr, because they've done You in the toolbar, and done it well. In our alpha version of AdHack (no longer online) we had Me in the global nav to house all the personal submenu items (profile, favorites, contacts, content). But people didn't really get it. Both in explicit feedback (emails, conversations) and implicit (clickstream data and analytics).
So in our Beta version (http://beta.adhack.com) we switched to Portfolio, which we felt more accurately reflected the nature and purpose of the site. I don't think that's a perfect solution either, but people seem to find it clearer.
In arguing for Dashboard I'd point out that even though the Global nav says You, each subnav item still needs has a Your possessive. To these picky eyes it feels a little half pregnant. Like the design understands its own limitation with You so overcompensates with all the Yours.
Alright, now I've personified the design. I think I'll cut it off there and simply make it a $0.02 offering. Good luck with the discussion!
Best,
James
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