On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Alex Katebi <alex.kat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not really. The user can still click on a provider icon and signup right > there. It is better to offload authentication to the main stream sites. I > don't see a reason for providing a fifth wheel :). Let's face it. No one > wants to fill out another registration form and compromise their password or > worst remember yet another password. How is "click on a provider icon and signup right there" any different, then, other than passing this off to a third party who the user may or may not perceive as "trusted", compared to your site? I'd love to see some A/B testing on task abandonment using the two approaches, but in the absence of it I'll remain skeptical about the use of this across the board. YMMV, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com twitter: @hassan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
