Unobtrusive registration forms
Caroline Jarrett’s article Registration Forms - what to do if you can’t avoid Them lists some sensible rules to follow when you simply cannot avoid requiring users to fill in a registration form in order to access something you are offering:
- Explain why you’re asking
- Make sure you offer something that users want
- Offer a pre-registration sample
- Fewer questions = better
- Less invasive questions = better
- Ask once only
A few years ago I got so fed up with filling in registration forms for all sorts of ridiculous reasons that I started entering false information just to get past the forms. These days I use BugMeNot a lot. Unless entering my personal details into a registration form will grant me access to something that’s very valuable or interesting to me, forget it.
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Yeah, right on brutha! ;-)
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