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It's not unusual for me to browse the web from my wife's iPad. An email link doesn't work for me in that it requires me to use her account. For a while I didn'
by 8ig8 15y ago
It's not unusual for me to browse the web from my wife's iPad. An email link doesn't work for me in that it requires me to use her account.
For a while I didn't have email set up on my iPhone, but I'd still often surf the web. Again, I'd be out of luck with only an email link.
What about website visitors at public terminals like the library?
Without forms you're adding email as a dependency on the device to initiate contact.
As always, the likelihood of those use cases is dependent on the audience of the site, but I think a contact form should be available in most cases as a last resort.
(Personally, I prefer a simple contact form in most cases. It keeps me on the page without the delay of opening the mail client or the potential distraction therein.)
- jamiecurle 15y agoGood points you make and from this perspective it makes our approach a little short sighted and ill advised. Having a contact form as well an email address may be a more reasonable default - I could have been pushing my own preference onto users and this is obviously no good.
- 8ig8 15y agoAs a web developer I find forms to be a pain for simple sites. They're a moving part I'd rather not deal with. Lately I've been pushing hosted forms like what Wufoo offers. Provide the email address like you mentioned, but link or embed a simple Wufoo form.