Screenshot: Signup Screen
I went ahead and did yet another redesign of the sign up page tonight. It’s easy to leave the design of sign up and login screens for the last moment, but I think they’re actually really important even though a user touches them maybe once per browsing session. Signing up is the first interaction someone usually has with a site–you want it be simple, familiar, and good-looking.
Here’s how it’s looking tonight
I can imagine adding a few more helpful lines of text between now and release. One of the nicer features is that the form will inform you of errors in your registration. It won’t reset upon error either, so you can just fix the highlighted errors and get signed up and on your way.
February 25th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
[…] A lot of new features were checked in today. Since most were relegated to the back end, I’ll focus on a few changes to the signup screen. A previous post showed the new signup screen. The slightly updated version is below. What’s new? The line under the logo has highlights behind the key words in the sentence. I also added a note out to the right of the email field letting new users know I won’t be abusing their email address. A block linking to the terms of service was also added to the form, and it must be checked for a new account to validate. […]