https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47267
--- Comment #4 from Steven Walling <[email protected]> --- > (In reply to comment #2) > > To be clear: I'm not suggesting we should remove the option and > > automatically > > set the cookie for people. (We didn't do that during testing either, for > > what I think are obvious reasons.) > > Isn't there a reasonable argument to be made that by not offering this > checkbox > during account creation, a larger number of users will return to the site > (in a > few days or in a week or two) and not be logged in, hurting (or at least not > helping) editor retention? I have no hard data to support this, it's just a > thought. Yeah, it's a fair point. I think it's likely that we're hurting the retention of new people by not just automatically remembering people on both signup and login. Forcing people to log in again and check the box is less elegant than just remembering folks from the start. And some people do that: http://skinnywhitegirl.com/blog/ux-best-practices-login-persistence/452/ However, I doubt people would appreciate it much if we just did that, from a privacy and security perspective. There are all kinds of things we do like this that hurt editor retention. Another big one is making email optional, and no doubt encouraging thousands of users to ignore the option and then never be able to recover their accounts if they forget their credentials. But we have thus far decided the ability to create an account without email outweighs the danger of letting users pass Go without it. And I think this is similar: for the majority of new people signing up, removing an unnecessary and potentially confusing checkbox on signup is a benefit that outweighs the danger you brought up, at least IMO. Regarding the examples you brought up: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and lots of others follow the pattern I'm suggesting, where the "remember me" is only on login, not signup. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
