Hi Alex, I think we did indeed live in the same dorm. That explains why your name was so familiar to me :-)
As far as the direct UI feedback, thanks! It's mostly over my head since I am primarily a backend guy, but I'll make sure your comments are referenced correctly. As far as the NewAccount URL, it does not appear to support continue URLs. Please file a bug in our Issue Tracker if you would like us to consider this feature. On Oct 9, 8:15 am, Alex Vartan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Jon. > Does appending redirect information to NewAccount work as it does for > createLoginUrl? > > The button looks OK. I actually used to work for Google in marketing > and remember when webteam standardized on that button, I'm not a huge > fan of it, but I know it's used everywhere now. Personally I think the > text is too bold and tight, and when I did some webpage optimization > for some AdWords pages, we found that adding a "»" to a button > increased clicks. I think it would be ideal to provide appengine users > some control over this page (it looks like Google Moderator was able > to customize it, will this feature be released soon), or at least the > button. > > I prefer "Start now »" or "Click to begin »" based on the data we saw > on the adwords homepage, "Click to begin »" performed very slightly > but statistically significantly better than all other options (Sign up > now, Get Started, Start Now). > Thanks for the response, > Alex > P.S. I think we lived in castano together long ago... > > On Oct 5, 7:24 pm, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can send users tohttps://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount > > > As far as the UI concerns, what do you think about the "new account" > > button for the sign-in page onhttp://moderator.appspot.com/?Weare > > experimenting there, and could make that the default for all > > applications. > > > On Oct 4, 3:09 pm, Alex Vartan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > Since for many novice users, the idea of logging into a non-Google > > > branded app with a Google account is a bit nonintuitive, I'd like to > > > create a page with some language in my app that says to the effect > > > "Got a Google Account? Sign in by clicking here. / Otherwise, create a > > > new account by clicking here" > > > > I'd like to offer my users a choice of clicking on a button that links > > > to the standard GAEloginlink, and in the second case, bypass the > > > splash screen and send users directly to the 'create new google > > > account' page. > > > > Is this possible? > > > > Hope so. And if not, it should be. From a marketing perspective, it's > > > really strange to expect new users to my app to click on the same > > > button tologinand to sign up for a new account. The messaging > > > required to clarify this would be unnecessarily unweildy ("Click this > > > button,loginwith your google account. No Google account? Then find > > > the little link on the next page, create a google account, and you'll > > > be sent back to this app." > > > > If anything, the GAloginpage could be improved by creating a larger > > > "New account" button or allowing App owners to customize the messaging > > > on that page. > > > > -Alex --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
