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 the thing we're registering for at the moment).
An other suggestion: I've always wondered why a confirmation email wasn't send during the first stage of the login process including some code to enter before even hitten the "done" button. If you also include the possibility to upload a profile picture in the process, you've plenty of time for the e-mail to arrive in due time. You could even actualize the form with the field for asking this code after the email as been send... or just with a comment about the exact time the confirmation mail was sent... On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Wendy Goodfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 broadcast station. The email address is used to send an email > confirmation of the transaction (the user gets an immediate confirmation > with a printer-friendly version once they complete the process) and is also > used to send the new member a monthly newsletter. The transaction is > dependent on having a valid credit card and/or an accurate postal mailing > address for gifts and billing - in other words, the email address is not an > essential component for the transaction to go through but it is clearly > important for the user to receive an email confirmation and member > newsletter. > > 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. > > Surfing around I have seen the field represented both ways on forms. The > representation is not as consistent as the password field which seems to > typically include two fields since the user does not have visual cues. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
