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I tend to go either way when building a site, depending on the market and how people are going to interact with the site and with others. On sites with kids, u
by zealog 18y ago
I tend to go either way when building a site, depending on the market and how people are going to interact with the site and with others. On sites with kids, using real names is a BIG turn off and if it isn't clear how the name will be used, people will pass.
It's anecdotal, but I use my real name in many places (not ycombinator, ironically), but my wife never will. If she can't choose some sort of display name, she will pass or use fake info.
Also, you might want to check out Smashing Magazine's recent survey of signup web forms. They touch on this a little bit. They don't give much other than statistics, but it might lead to some good discussion. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/04/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/04/web-form-design-p...
- glen 18y agoThanks I'll check it out. Appreciate it.
- glen 18y agoJust checked it out. Here are the take home points: * the registration link is titled “sign up” (40%) and placed in the right upper corner, * sign-up forms have a simplified layout to avoid distractions for users (61%), * sign-up forms are one-page-forms (93%), * sign up forms attract visitors by explaining the benefits of registration (41%), * titles of the input fields are highlighted bold (62%) * no trend in the label alignment can be identified, * designers tend to use few mandatory fields, * designers tend to use few optional fields, * vertically arranged fields are preferred to horizontally arranged fields (86%). So, it seems, from this data, that 3-5 fields are OK, including full name and username.