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My favorite sign up page is the news.ycombinator.com one. There isn't even a password verification box. Also, it hurts to look at Turtle Interactive's website.

by dcurtis 19y ago

nreece 19y ago
>> There isn't even a password verification box And what if you type an incorrect password (to what you thought you typed)?
- dcurtis 19y ago
  Well, on news.ycombinator, you're screwed. But I was being slightly sarcastic.
axod 19y ago
I agree actually, make the 'sign up' a simple username/password (preferably with the username checked as you type it for validity and availability. Make that as simple as possible, then have extra user data on a user prefs page. Repeating the password seems stupid to me. Surely it's not just me that uses copy+paste for such things?
- ashu 19y ago
  Even if you don't use copy-paste, as long as there's a fallback path - the "Forgot Password" link - the password confirmation is kind of superfluous.
  - eru 19y ago
    And to make the fallback path as easy as possible --- just ask the users to use their full email adress as user name. If they want to sign their comments et al with something other than their username (=their email) - you can provide a nick feature to be configure on the pref's page.
    - axod 19y ago
      I would agree, but some people aren't keen on giving their email address straight off the bat. You could be poised to spam them with a million emails. I think username/password, then fill in email etc in profile page, and if they don't fill in their email address, they can't recover their password and will need to create a new account. Depends on what they're signing up for though - how 'lightweight' is it, does it just store some handy prefs for the app, or does it store credit card details for instance.
      - r7000 19y ago
        I made an e-mail address optional with only a username and password required. The results are almost exactly 50/50 between those who put in an email address and those who do not.
      - eru 19y ago
        You are right about the spam angst. economist.com uses the procedure I have outlined above - and I think it works for them because they are seen as respectable to begin with.
      - brlewis 19y ago
        Give them a choice of email or screen name for logging in, and have a succinct privacy policy. Here's how it's done: https://ourdoings.com/reg.html https://ourdoings.com/reg.html

My favorite sign up page is the news.ycombinator.com one. There isn't even a password verification box. Also, it hurts to look at Turtle Interactive's website.

by dcurtis 19y ago

My favorite sign up page is the news.ycombinator.com one. There isn't even a password verification box. Also, it hurts to look at Turtle Interactive's website.

nreece 19y ago

>> There isn't even a password verification box And what if you type an incorrect password (to what you thought you typed)?

dcurtis 19y ago
Well, on news.ycombinator, you're screwed. But I was being slightly sarcastic.

axod 19y ago

I agree actually, make the 'sign up' a simple username/password (preferably with the username checked as you type it for validity and availability. Make that as simple as possible, then have extra user data on a user prefs page. Repeating the password seems stupid to me. Surely it's not just me that uses copy+paste for such things?

ashu 19y ago
Even if you don't use copy-paste, as long as there's a fallback path - the "Forgot Password" link - the password confirmation is kind of superfluous.
- eru 19y ago
  And to make the fallback path as easy as possible --- just ask the users to use their full email adress as user name. If they want to sign their comments et al with something other than their username (=their email) - you can provide a nick feature to be configure on the pref's page.
  - axod 19y ago
    I would agree, but some people aren't keen on giving their email address straight off the bat. You could be poised to spam them with a million emails. I think username/password, then fill in email etc in profile page, and if they don't fill in their email address, they can't recover their password and will need to create a new account. Depends on what they're signing up for though - how 'lightweight' is it, does it just store some handy prefs for the app, or does it store credit card details for instance.
    - r7000 19y ago
      I made an e-mail address optional with only a username and password required. The results are almost exactly 50/50 between those who put in an email address and those who do not.
    - eru 19y ago
      You are right about the spam angst. economist.com uses the procedure I have outlined above - and I think it works for them because they are seen as respectable to begin with.
    - brlewis 19y ago
      Give them a choice of email or screen name for logging in, and have a succinct privacy policy. Here's how it's done: https://ourdoings.com/reg.html https://ourdoings.com/reg.html