Celeste, just to clarify, it's not ideal only in the sense that I'm leery of interrupting the user in the sign-in/sign-up process at all. But the information is necessary, so it has to be presented to users somehow, and the lightbox seems to be the best way to do it.
2009/3/11 Celeste Cefalu <[email protected]>: > Amy I'm curious why you think it is not ideal, I don't disagree. I'm > embarking on a registration project and weighing the options. I'm in favor > of a modal box because like you say the user is not derailed from the task > at hand. I'd like to hear the down sides (aside from technical hurdles.) > > "I'm designing a process at the moment that uses a lightbox dialog at a > critical point in the sign-in/registration process. It's not ideal, > but after experimenting with a bunch of different approaches, it's the > one I'm most comfortable with. We'll find out whether or not users > agree when we test it." > > >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Posted from the new ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39865 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> 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
