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I hate being forced to login with my email address. My username is the same or similar for most sites I use but I use a site specific email (with gmails + feature) for almost every sign up.
Autofocusing the login field is a bad idea. Sometimes the javascript take some times to load and the user already filled the login field and is already typing is password when the javascript focus the login field: then the password is written in clear on the screen, and that's not pleasant for the users.
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Unfortunately, the prevailing sentiment right now seems to be that OpenID is not a good idea.
Why, exactly ? I'm about 100x more likely to sign up for your site if you let me press a button and log in with my Google account. It's also really easy to implement with Django middleware. Google turns up a Quora thing which, frankly, is full of handwaving bullshit. Are there actual technical reasons why OpenID is bad?
the best signup flow I have seen recently is http://friend.ly perfect integration of facebook .
I so hate country selection popups that have 200 countries in them, and United States is near the bottom even though 95% of their customers are in the US, or perhaps they don't even ship outside the US. So many sites do that and it is infuriating.
the best signup flow I have seen recently is http://friend.ly perfect integration of facebook .
The problem with the likes of friend.ly is that it forces me to use the email address associated with Facebook and it's PITA if you use multiple email accounts / filters for multiple purposes
I have never understood why I need to type my password twice. Inevitably I just copy what I wrote in the first box into the second. I'm also interested in the elimination of the post sign-up confirmation email. I'd rather get a "Welcome! If you didn't sign up for this service, click here" email, but I can imagine that if I didn't actually sign up for the service, I'd never want to "click here" for fear of spam. There…
I'm skeptical of such articles, but this one had a lot of good advice. I so hate country selection popups that have 200 countries in them, and United States is near the bottom even though 95% of their customers are in the US, or perhaps they don't even ship outside the US. So many sites do that and it is infuriating.
the best signup flow I have seen recently is http://friend.ly perfect integration of facebook .
Also, I google everybody, whether because I am reviewing your cv, or because you are a friend of a friend. Facebook connect is a definite no-no.