Ask HN: why is the signup form behind the submit button?
i read hacker news daily. i found an interesting article and wanted to comment on it, but didn't have an account. after a few minutes of looking for a signup form, i eventually gave up and had to google how to sign up.
i don't think this is stupidity on my part either. i assumed the "submit" button would require me to log in, so i skipped it. after all, i thought, every website has a dedicated signup form. it's gotta be somewhere.
from a UX perspective, it's silly to put the signup form behind a button that people will assume is unusable without an account.
yeah, this is a totally inconsequential thing, but it's a 5-minute fix, too. why not just make the login button a login/signup button? am i missing something?
i don't think this is stupidity on my part either. i assumed the "submit" button would require me to log in, so i skipped it. after all, i thought, every website has a dedicated signup form. it's gotta be somewhere.
from a UX perspective, it's silly to put the signup form behind a button that people will assume is unusable without an account.
yeah, this is a totally inconsequential thing, but it's a 5-minute fix, too. why not just make the login button a login/signup button? am i missing something?