Look Ma, No Sign-Up Required!
I have always been a huge fan of the minimalistic sign-up form. You know, the ones where all it takes to create an account is to provide 3 items: username, e-mail address, and password. Including the password confirmation box and that makes four. So, I was ecstatic when Luke Wroblewski’s article came out. Here he was telling us that there is actually a better approach which allows its visitors to plunge into the service without being stopped by a sign up and a login screen.
I tested one of the featured sites myself, Geni and behold, I never even saw a registration screen. I was converted from visitor to user in a snap.
Other featured sites included Jumpcut, TripIt, and Fidelity’s myPlan.
Now that is what you call thinking out of the box!
April 12th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Yes, I also like simplistic sign-up forms or no forms at all, just a link to try out the service. Today we have many similar services and option to try out the same service is a must in my opinion.