Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
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Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
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Re: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
#2Thats a great article. The first two points inbound the most interesting... Let the user choose a username after they sign up - I wonder what sites do that now, it's a good way of removing a barrier to entry.
The second I'm not so sure about... Having the user enter their password once and showing it to them - I'd be worried that you might lose users to simple typos.
Most of the rest is kind of common sense but a great reminder that the login/signup system is probably the _most_ important feature of a web site, since it's the one users interact with most often.
Re: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
#3Thats a great article. The first two points inbound the most interesting... Let the user choose a username after they sign up - I wonder what sites do that now, it's a good way of removing a barrier to entry. The second I'm not so sure about... Having the user enter their password once and showing it to them - I'd be worried that you might lose users to simple typos. Most of the rest is kind of common sense but a gre…
I believe StackExchange allows you to create a username after you've created an account, you start off with something like "user12345" if you don't specify one.
Re: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
#4"Use a Question Mark Icon for the Password Recovery Link"
Am I the only one who thinks that is really unintuitive? I don't even think clicking on that icon would cross my mind as a user, and I would spend my time trying to find the "Forgot Password" link.
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#5CAPTCHA's are always annoying, no matter what. So why not make some money. Lots of new companies out there offering CAPTCHA ads.
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#6Using OpenID makes the rest of the techniques moot (except for OpenID providers), right?
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#71000x times yes about the newsletter checkbox. Nothing turns me off to a service more than being tricked into receiving a newsletter. I consider those to be spam and mark them as such.
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#8Admittedly I hadn't heard of using a client-side JS input box as an alternative to a Captcha. Does that sort of thing actually work, or can spammers get around it? Is there any anecdotal data to suggest that that's a better method? (not snarking; actually curious)
Re: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
#9"Use a Question Mark Icon for the Password Recovery Link" Am I the only one who thinks that is really unintuitive? I don't even think clicking on that icon would cross my mind as a user, and I would spend my time trying to find the "Forgot Password" link.
I would have expected that to be a tooltip that describes what a password is, not a reset link.
Re: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
#10Admittedly I hadn't heard of using a client-side JS input box as an alternative to a Captcha. Does that sort of thing actually work, or can spammers get around it? Is there any anecdotal data to suggest that that's a better method? (not snarking; actually curious)
Some spam bots use WebDriver and can get around this.