[Design] Re: [Cosmo][Proposal] Sign-up Workflow

[Mimi Yin]

On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:45 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> Inline, below ...
>
> Travis Vachon wrote:
>>>
>>> Travis had the idea of keeping the Sign-up form in a dialog,  
>>> while removing the 'Cancel' button, thereby creating a 'forcing  
>>> function' which shuttles the user away from landing on the Login  
>>> page before they've had a chance to activate their account.
>>>
>> In addition to removing the cancel button, I think in this case it  
>> would make sense for the "dialog" to eventually not look like a  
>> dialog, but instead look like the ui in Mimi's mockups.
>
> Are y'all talking about the Close button that shows up after the  
> account gets created? You need the Cancel button on the initial  
> dialog so you can dismiss it if you decide for whatever reason not  
> to create a new account.

Yes good point.

>
> If you are indeed referring to the Close button, I think hiding  
> that is a fine idea when e-mail activation is turned on. It might  
> look odd with that dialog still just hanging out there, but it does  
> discourage users from trying to log right in without going to e-mail.
>
> (As a separate issue, we should probably axe the link for creating  
> another account, and only show the link for logging into Cosmo when  
> e-mail notification is turned off -- but make it boot them right  
> into the UI when clicked.)
>
> I think the mockups are definitely an improvement over what we have  
> now.
>
> One little nit to pick -- we need to use consistent, correct  
> English on our labels and buttons:

Yes :o) There's a note at the top of the page that Login should be  
Log in...I believe it's used as a verb.
Sign-in is also used as a verb.

We can unify it to be both Log in and Sign in.

>
> 1. Login
>
> When it's used as a verb, it's "log in" -- two words.
>
> "He wants to log in right now, but he has to activate his account  
> first."
> "He logged in three times yesterday."
> "She's logging in as we speak."
> "You can't log in from that page."
>
> When it's a noun or adjective, it's either hyphenated if you want  
> to be more old-fashioned (log-in), or one word if you want to be  
> more progressive (login). We should pick one -- I kind of like the  
> one-word approach, since it's simpler and less prone to provoking  
> head scratching about hyphenation.
>
> "Please go to the Cosmo Login page."
> "He tried to bypass the login, but was denied."
> "What is your login ID?"
>
> Also -- and this is more debatable -- since action words are kind  
> of the ideal for unambiguous button names (Save, Apply, Submit,  
> Cancel, Close), labeling the button "Log In" is more correct -- it  
> says what you do when you click it.
>
> Of course the other alternative for the button name would be to  
> sidestep all those questions, and label it "Submit."
>
> Actually, until today the prompt for the login page still said  
> "Enter a username and password, and click the Submit button." At  
> some point the name of the button changed, but the prompt did not  
> get updated.
>
> 2. Logout
>
> Same as above
>
> 3. Signup
>
> Same as above. Verb form is "sign up," two words. Noun/adjective is  
> either "sign-up" or "signup." This is one where you might want to  
> lean toward the hyphen, because of that weird 'g' in the middle. It  
> doesn't bother me that much though.
>
> Verb
>
> "You have to sign up for an account to use the app."
> "You haven't signed up yet."
> "He's signing up for an account now."
>
> Noun/adjective
>
> "He started the signup process, but his browser quit on him."
> "Please go to the Signup page and enter your account information."
> "We had fifty quazillion signups our first day!"
>
> Again, the button label should probably be "Sign Up," if we want to  
> follow convention of using verbs where we can -- or again, just go  
> with the still fairly unambiguous "Submit" instead and blow off any  
> controversy.
>
> See y'all Monday. :)
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
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