Beekee said:
my theory is that if someone wants to ensure they receive important
information they'd be darn sure to enter the important information
correctly.
Well, for this specific case -- input your email -- I guess there is
only so many ways that an user could do it! But for form-fillin in
I'm sorry that I don't have any research for you, but if I have time
tomorrow, I will briefly poke about to see if I can find something
concrete.
I agree that there are multiple ways to validate and they all
have their positives and negatives. Only a handful of times have I
come across the dual
I%u2019ve no scientific research either, but when I observed users
filling in a form with two email fields, I saw several times that
people filled out the first field correctly, got annoyed with the
fact that they had to retype their address and made a typo in the
second field as a result of that.
A question to ask is how often do people actually complete the form
with an incorrect email address? If it's quite rare, and as you
indicate the email address is not an essential part of the task, then
it seems like an unnecessary burden to place on all users to
accommodate an edge case.
By the
I do believe they are some statistics on this.
I came across a site telling me the percentage of people making typos (in
the form: you wouldn't believe it, but up to ...% of people get this
wrong) - sorry I don't recall the percentage nor the site; I believe it to
be a social site (like that's
Here is some research
http://www.getelastic.com/registration-usability-tips-ecommerce/
I am trying to find the article which stated that two email fields
for verification should die. Will post here when I find it.
Welcome to the
Wasn't the original purpose of the confirm email field to thwart automated
scripts?
It's getting the human touch, confirmation that the form is being filled out
by a person, that's the goal.
As an Alan Cooper fan, I venture there are probably better and more elegant
ways to achieve this
Actually there is a way to stop pasting in the 2nd field: all you need
to do is write something like:
input type=text name=email_2 onpaste=return false
But it's hardly ever used because I guess it would frustrate lots of
people. I think I found out about this option from a blog article that
was
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Gail Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I have a theory that the appearance of a dup email field is a
misunderstanding of the dup password field. Password fields are
often duplicated because they are masked and therefore the user has
no way to validate their
On Jun 5, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Wendy Goodfriend wrote:
Can anyone direct me to research discussing the advantages and
disadvantages of using one vs two email fields? I am also looking
for inline validation code that addresses the one vs two field issue
as well.
I haven't seen anything
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Jared Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't seen anything formally published. However, here's what we've
found in our research at UIE:
The problem you're trying to solve is mistyping email addresses. Depending
on the audience, context, and design, you can
I have been trying to track down research discussing the use of two vs one
field for entering an email address on an online form.
I plan to use inline validation for the field and am trying to keep the number
of fields to a minimum. The purpose of the form is to donate money to a public
I have been trying to track down research discussing the use of two vs one
field for entering an email address on an online form.
I could be wrong about this, but I think the duplicate email field method is
something developers started using to cut down on invalid registrations as a
result of
It seems the theory is that by using two fields, the user
has to enter it twice and validation code can be used to make sure they
match, thereby decreasing the chances the entered address is incorrect.
Any self-respecting individual would copy and paste what's in one
field into the other to
we have shied away from using both since power users probably copy and
paste from the first field (i know i do).
my theory is that if someone wants to ensure they receive important
information they'd be darn sure to enter the important information
correctly.
that said, i've used [EMAIL
So, is there any research to prove this theory that using two fields
actually reduces error?
How many users copy and paste that first address into the second
field?
How does it compare to using one field that includes inline
validation?
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On Jun 5, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Wendy Goodfriend wrote:
How many users copy and paste that first address into the second
field?
Not to mention the autofill feature. I rarely have to type in my email
address, regardless of the number of fields.
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
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