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Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms (smashingmagazine.com)
18 points by jmorin007 on July 4, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



FTA: "Consider the sign-up form on Yahoo. The visitors are provided only with the form which is required to set up an account. "

But the form asks for gender (are we parts of speech?), country AND postal code (can't country be derived from postal code?).

I think all that's needed to create an account is some unique means to identify the user, and some means to ensure access control. Asking for more than a name and password needs justification.


Taking the average doesn't get you the best results. I'd recommend reading Luke Wroblewski on form design.


Pie charts? I frikkin love pie charts!

Love it.




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