Discuss: Sign Up Forms Must Die
by Luke Wroblewski
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32 Re: Sign Up Forms Must Die
Isn’t it ironic that you write an article on sign-up forms, but the platform that you use to host your article requires one to register just to write a stupid comment!
posted at 10:37 pm on March 25, 2008 by a list
33 Jumpcut seems to be a very bad example these days
An earlier post indicated “make a movie” now wants a Yahoo ID (which I forgot I had), but the next step takes you to another form for creating a Jumpcut ID! The final insult is the site crashes both Camino and Firefox on my Mac (G4, OSX 10.4.11). I hope this isn’t indicative of where Yahoo’s other ‘services’ are going, because it feels like the Microsoft purchase has already been consummated.
posted at 11:04 pm on March 25, 2008 by Rod Cater
34 @32 No, not ironic
Ironic? No, not at all.
I actually consider the design of this comment system to be an example of good design. Yeah, it has a signup form, but you were allowed to read the article and all previous comments without a login, no?
posted at 11:56 pm on March 25, 2008 by Mike Rudy
35 Drop.io
Drop.io is another great example of a registration-less service
posted at 12:45 am on March 26, 2008 by Mike Shmoe
36 Great information!
I just found this site, I’m impressed, the information is really great.
posted at 12:53 am on March 26, 2008 by Cecilia Illes
37 Am I missing something...
When I go to Jumpcut – http://jumpcut.com/ – and click Make A Movie, I’m taken to a form on Yahoo. This seems to be the worst of both worlds. I’m taken to a sign up form on a totally different site. Only after reading all the fine print do I understand why I’m signing up for a Yahoo ID to use Jumpcut.
Why is Jumpcut used as the “good” example in this article?
posted at 01:55 am on March 26, 2008 by Dave Tufts
38 Very nice!
Thanks for the article! I agree with it that we shouldn’t just put in a contact form where we could have some information about our site. Funny, though, when I went to sign up for this website, what was I greeted with? A form! :)
posted at 03:13 am on March 26, 2008 by Dragolux Drake
39 Untitled
Great article! I totally agree that sign up forms must go the way of the dodo!!!!
The silly thing is that i had to fill out a form to make this comment ;)posted at 03:26 am on March 26, 2008 by wil waldon
40 Jumpcut Changes
As some of you have pointed out. Jumpcut changed their flow since I wrote this portion of the book. Chances are they had good reason :)
For posterity’s sake. Here is a link to the original process: [img]http://www.digital-web.com/images/articles/pkg-des-8.gif[/img]
thanks~
posted at 08:18 am on March 26, 2008 by Luke Wroblewski
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31 Wouldn't Ask Her On Your First Date To Marry
Or would you? That depends on the culture, I suppose.
Ancestry.com seems similar to Geni, as they both gradually engage you to enter more information about yourself and your family, and then finally your email address. Unfortunately, that’s when they lost me with all the bulk email. Great engagement, but they came on way too strong after that. Remove.
Great article, and something I need to consider regularly for landing pages and Web applications.
posted at 09:44 pm on March 25, 2008 by Kevin Davison