Terms of Use interactions have always irked me-- is a checkbox enough for someone to confirm that they've actually read an understand the terms of use? Sure, we can get someone to finally check that checkbox by disabling the "Just buy it, dammit!" button and holding it hostage. The problem with putting up a message is we're getting in the buyer's way-- she thought she was about to pull the trigger, which took a lot of decision-making. And now we're telling her she has to go back and read this lengthy terms of use statement? "Whatever, I'll just click the checkbox"
So if our goal is to get that pesky checkbox checked, those are two passable options. But if you're able to talk with the legal team and boil down the terms of use into an easier, layman-readable bulleted list (with a link to the legalese for those that are inclined), then maybe it makes sense to integrate the agreement into the purchase button: "Here's what you're getting yourself into. Cool? Agree and Purchase." - Nasir On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Laura Schertler <[email protected]>wrote: > I would have to agree with you on selecting option #1. The only thing I may > also include is an asterisk next to the checkbox and indicate that any/all > fields with an asterisk are required. > > Laura Schertler > Sr. IA/UX Engineer > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Hernan Teano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Need to put into place a terms of use checkbox that users need to > > check in order to place an order. I can go two ways with the > > interaction: > > > > 1. Enable the Place Order button and if the user clicks without > > checking the TOU box display a message > > > > 2. Disable the Place Order button and enable it once the TOU box is > > checked > > > > I'm inclined to go with #1 because it quickly teaches the user the > > relationship between checking the box and ordering, whereas #2 offers > > no explanation as to why the order button is disabled and could be > > potentially confusing. > > > > Curious if anyone has experience with this, and which way did you go > > and why? > > > > Thanks, > > Hernan Teano > > UX Architect > > Adobe > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39984 > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Laura L. Schertler > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
