It's a lot of information to put in for something a new user knows very little about. New experiences generally need either a very low barrier to entry, or recommendations from others in the industry/friends etc.
2009/8/21 Brandon E. B. Ward <[email protected]> > @Maurice re: > > "You had me up until I came to the form. > Way too long and way too much *required information. > Too bad." > > Really? So you'd be willing to learn a new language (Lua), API, methodology > etc., but if a form has a few too many fields for your liking, you bail on > the whole shebang? > > Is this IxD elitism? Is it a privacy thing? Do you believe that the extra > 30 sec. it might take to fill out a form outweighs the benefits of being > able to develop iPhone apps w/out having to learn Obj-C? > > I don't mean these questions to sound rude - I'm honestly curious. Do you > do this a lot w/ stuff you find on the web? In life in general? > > I'm curious, because if there are a ton of users like you, whom when > presented w/ the keys to the kingdom as it were would nay-say it and give up > because a form had 5 too many fields in it, then I'm just... wow. I don't > know what to say. To me, that's like meeting someone for the first time, and > after a few minutes saying "Excuse me, I'm sorry, but you just talk a little > too much - I don't have time for people like you. Goodbye." and walking > away. It's like Moses and the serpent. Look and live! Yet they would not > look, because the form was too long. > > I get the privacy thing, but there wasn't anything in there that sent up > any flags for me. It is pre-beta, and they're probably really curious as to > who is most interested in their SDK so they can lean towards supporting > their biggest user-base, so they'd really like you to fill out a bunch of > required fields. Small price to pay I say for a free SDK that does what this > does. > > Am I totally off-base here? I'm just really, really shocked at a response > like that. Please - enlighten me! > > Brandon E. B. Ward > [email protected] > UI • UX • Ix Design > Flex • Flash Development > Portfolio: http://www.uxd.me > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonebward > VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/brandonebward > > A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher > a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, > build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, > cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, > program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. > Specialization is for insects. > - Robert A. Heinlein > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- http://formd.net ________________________________________________________________ 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
