What are you using the confirmed email for? Do you need the user's email for a core function of the site? Or is it an antispam tool? Look at Hacker News. Its s

What are you using the confirmed email for? Do you need the user's email for a core function of the site? Or is it an antispam tool? Look at Hacker News. Its signup process is dead simple - you enter a username and password, and you're automatically logged in. I'd hazard a guess that doing that is the simplest process possible, but there is a tradeoff - it's impossible to recover your password if you forget it. It all depends on what is required for your site to function, so I don't think there is a simple solution to your question.