You should work on the assumption that registering users need more mollycoddling - show a version of the reg page as default, and let users click "sign in" if n

You should work on the assumption that registering users need more mollycoddling - show a version of the reg page as default, and let users click "sign in" if needed. (After all, registered users know what to do). Check out adaptive path's "sign up and ramp up" design patterns for techniques to entice new users. http://www.scribd.com/doc/3418440/may008-signup http://www.scribd.com/doc/3418440/may008-signup Obviously some form of lazy registration would be very useful.