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    I believe saying log on sounds dated and dorkish in digital design. I understand gamers and engineers reference logs, are you logged on, and logging in but when I hear a product manager, designer, marketing, and client say "Log on to my website, log in now, log on for more, or log out" I can't help but think it sounds dated af...

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    • log on to the information superhighway!scarabin
    • "I'm in!"pango
    • "Hurry! Get to the mainframe hard line!"pango
    • What would you say instead? I think log in is perfectly acceptable personally...set
    • jack inmonospaced
    • Jizz on to my websiteset
    • visit unless something you have to take a shit on in which log on is perfectly acceptable.fadein11
    • Jam your info node into my website portalface_melter
    • Log in is fine and still accurate.HAYZ1LLLA
    • sign in / sign out sounds more naturalfruitsalad
    • Logging in is easy.

      Logging out is the hard part.      ideaist
    • login (and logon, logoff & logout) is bad because it is an adjective, not a verb. Sign in/sign out convention is best...whatthefunk
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