Steven Walling and all, I think that a solution could be to implement a box where user enters a username, and a big fat username preview appears near it. If it's different, a (i) message (or several) inform user of the changes.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mediawiki_registration_box_Name_different.png Gryllida ----- Original message ----- From: Steven Walling <[email protected]> To: "A list for the design team." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Design] UX question about username choice on signup Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:52:48 -0800 On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> wrote: > That. > > It's trivial stuff unless a user cares about it, but at which point it's > the silently part that makes it really an issue. These are edge cases, but > that doesn't make them not important too. > So figure out a solution that doesn't involve throwing an inactionable warning in the user's face and making them perform a confirmation step. The "solution" being proposed to the problem currently is worse than the current experience. -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Design mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design _______________________________________________ Design mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design
