On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:18, Chris Messina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com">chris.messina@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:16 AM, David Christiansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:openid-userexperience@davidchristiansen.com" target="_blank">openid-userexperience@davidchristiansen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">I also fell into the 'typical user' trap and clicked through the 'Log In' dropdown, hit back to the reboot site THEN saw the alternatives. I think user's (and this includes me I guess ;)) subconsciously don't read a whole page before deciding what to do - they find the first thing that looks like it will meet their needs and click! Frankly on first pass I didn't even read the other red headings - this is not a dig at the site design, but more an observation on user behaviour.<div>
</div></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>This is absolutely true. People don't read on the web, they scan, and even at that, they look for handles to grab on to and just click. I blame Google.</div></div></blockquote>
</div><br>This isn't specific to the web or Google. Everything from advertisements to supermarket doors are designed that way. The point is, that a user of any system on the web or off - shouldn't have to re-learn every environment.<br>
<br>Advertisements rely on viewers scanning left to right, top to bottom. Doorways have handles where you need to pull, and bars where you need to push - green for enter, red for do not enter. Because our day-to-day activities match a learned pattern, we don't have to think - we simply do. Personally, I would be very annoyed if I had to keep re-learning how to login to a webpage.<br>
<br>What about in this hypothetical autocomplete box, if there were some nascar-ish buttons that autofilled the box and hilighted the username potion. As a "hint" for the clueless.<br><br>Scanners would still catch the button intended for them without obsuring what's really happening. Maybe in the future they would explore other options or run their own - or maybe they just click their familiar button each time....<br>
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<br>Not trying to re-design your idea, just my two cents.<br>Cameron.<br><br><br><br>