I'm guessing Maurice was looking more out of curiosity than someone who genuinely wants to develop apps.
His point is still valid of course. Making the form less painful might result in more participation. Who knows though, maybe they made it that way deliberately to keep the sign ups manageable? Hugh Griffith User Interface Designer On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Joe Lanman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
