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User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Post by denton-scratch »

danudey wrote: post #98
grawprog wrote: post #32

Well...I did it...somehow...I did... 00:06:57 That seems too fast...apparently i've experienced these things far too much. It actually was filling me with rage. I came close to saying fuck it...I really did... Well done to the creators...you managed to, with 100% accuracy, capture every single thing that's horrible about signing up to websites. That bow thing though...gotta admit, was worth it just for the chuckle I…

I got 6 minutes and 7 seconds, half of which I think I spent trying to figure out the capcha. Also, if you got to the capcha and got it on the first try, go back and fail it a few times. They have some really clever ones.

6 minutes? Seriously? You guys must be pretty motivated.

I gave up after about 30s. I'd probably have given up after 60s, even if there was a prize at the end (e.g. being registered). I rebel violently when confronted by a UI crime-scene like that. I'm feeling ill after just two pages of that form.

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Post by tacitusarc »

Zababa wrote: post #209
smeej wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same question. My password wasn't unsafe. Abcdefghij1 seemed unsafe to me.

You have to scroll down to see the other condition to make your password safe.

Are you on mobile? I cannot see arrival requirements

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Post by lmm »

wruza wrote: post #161
lmm wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> what is the problem they're even solving? The problem they're solving is that a lot of people just enter their email wrong and then wonder why they didn't get the signup email. > Like if someone tries to register an already registered email, send an email about it don't leak that it's registered. This is something that's cargo-culted far too often. Maybe for some services it's worth keeping secret which emails are…

The problem they're solving is that a lot of people just enter their email wrong and then wonder why they didn't get the signup email. “This doesn’t look like a correct email address that our clients usually use. Please re-check it again and proceed if you’re sure.” for most it isn't It depends more on an email address, than on a service type, because it’s a part of a personal information that a person owns.

> “This doesn’t look like a correct email address that our clients usually use. Please re-check it again and proceed if you’re sure.”

And what proportion - especially what proportion of people who make mistakes when entering their email address - do you think will pay any attention to that?

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Post by lmm »

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #120
lmm wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> what is the problem they're even solving? The problem they're solving is that a lot of people just enter their email wrong and then wonder why they didn't get the signup email. > Like if someone tries to register an already registered email, send an email about it don't leak that it's registered. This is something that's cargo-culted far too often. Maybe for some services it's worth keeping secret which emails are…

I'd prefer to just have it. Seems decently important for me privacy wise. I as a customer don't want others to be able to test whether I have signed up somewhere and also it is much better security wise and not leaking business data. And most times, it is standard practice to hide sign ups, luckily.

If e.g. the service allows people to search for their friends by email address (and many do) then hiding the signup is meaningless.

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Post by Doxin »

smeej wrote: post #199
dathinab wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait you can advance beyond page 1?

Same question. My password wasn't unsafe. Abcdefghij1 seemed unsafe to me.

The "password isn't unsafe" isn't actually a problem. All the other conditions are.

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Post by Doxin »

cube00 wrote: post #156
infogulch wrote: post #54

Love all the little details. Some favorites: * Clicking 'expand' button on any dialog (T&C) expanded the dialog to cover the page but doesn't expand the contents to match * Tiny flag icons to select country * The age slider that went from 0-180 years and didn't update as you slid it (fun on a trackpad) * number input for house number that required clicking on the arrows to change it one at a time * utterly ambiguous…

The way the final verification overlay window was just a little too small so you had to scroll one line to get the final set of check boxes was a very nice touch.

You had to scroll up too. Diabolical.

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Post by Doxin »

superdisk wrote: post #164

My favorite part was the giant array of checked checkboxes and the instructions to only check three. I started mindlessly unchecking all of them and then accidentally hit the randomly placed "select all" checkbox once I got near the end. Legitimately made me laugh out loud at how absurd it was.

Did you also notice the uncheck all option a bit further down? I didn't until I already unchecked everything by hand twice.
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