[IxDA Discuss] Log out functionality

[Kim Bieler]

Question on standards:

When users log out of an application, is it better to:

1. Give them an exit message, like "You have successfully logged  
out"? (i.e., a positive indication that they are logged out)

or, what I would prefer:

2. Just send them back to the original log in screen? (i.e., log out  
is implied)

Option 1 seems excessively bureaucratic to me. It's not like I'm  
working with a financial database or other application with  
particularly sensitive information where people want to be absolutely  
sure they've logged out. On the other hand, if people are expecting a  
message, I don't want them to be confused when they don't get one.

Is there a standard rule of thumb?

-- Kim

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