I was recently researching the same thing. I believe the most important question to ask is what is the scope of the site, and what value does the registration/account feature provide for the user.
Looking at Alexa's top 100 sites, you'll discover that generally for sites designed to serve mainly registered users (such as social networks, web email clients) the login *fields* are displayed on the right-hand site, generally in the mid-upper region. However, if the site is not designed to only serve registered users (think CNN.com or Amazon, etc) the fields are not displayed, and a simple "login" text link is placed on the right or left-hand side at the top and respectively next, or under the logo. That being said, there are exceptions to this general rule... Depending on how important login is for your site, you might consider any of these placements. Loredana ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
