I closed the tab the moment I had to register.
Agreed. Let the user create the poll, get all set up, then ask for the registration. That way the user has some ownership and will be more willing to part with their email address.
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#12Ok, but your register button is incredibly hard to find. Its a tiny 50x50 rocket image. I had to hover over all the text before I realized that was the login button.
If you are going to tell me that I need an account to post a poll, please put a big green "register" button at the end of that sentence.
It would be interesting to install clicktale on this site and see how bad your conversion rate is because of that tiny "button"
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#13Hi. Just for traction, I suggest you let users create (and share) one Poll without registration (you can easily check this out with cookies). Then ask for registration :) I really wanted to try it but I do not have time/feel like to registrate. I think about doodle.com, did you try it? Hope it helps
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#14I closed the tab the moment I had to register.
Agreed. Let the user create the poll, get all set up, then ask for the registration. That way the user has some ownership and will be more willing to part with their email address.
i actually hate it when i invest time on a website to do something, and then in turns out that i need to do something extra (pay, register, etc) in order to finish transaction. feels sleazy to me.
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#15Ill give you some real feedback though since I did sign up:
when adding a new option, it should gain focus so i can start typing right away.
viewing a poll that has no votes yet is weird because the whole screen is white and you have to scroll down to see that you have things to click on below the fold
you maybe shouldn't be able to share a poll without any options added to it
Logout icon is not intuitive to me. Coming from a mac where that icon means something completely different
logged in view is not responsive, I think it should be pretty easy to fix that.
delete poll button should give you an "are you sure", its too easy to delete a poll
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. At least make it obvious that the user needs to sign in beforehand.
I dont think it will change the "must login" bounce rate. I always prefer a "product try" before register, for people like us :P
Except there is no "\"product try\"" in this case.
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#18Thanks for all the comments!
I mostly made the website for the laughs (i.e. the rocket ship), but I'll definitely make it more user friendly as I increment on the (still rather silly) design, taking your comments into account.
As for the login hassle, it's basically just linking your google account (two clicks, no need to write down anything) - but I do get the point about making polls as a guest before registering.
Anyway - appreciate all the feedback!
Re: Show HN: Very simple tool for creating polls
#19Hi. Just for traction, I suggest you let users create (and share) one Poll without registration (you can easily check this out with cookies). Then ask for registration :) I really wanted to try it but I do not have time/feel like to registrate. I think about doodle.com, did you try it? Hope it helps
That sounds like a great idea! About the registration though, it's just linking your google account (which is not mentioned at all, I realise) - so basically two clicks.
I love doodle, and I wish there was a way to create polls there as well!