[SPAM] Re: Mad Libs style forms

[Greg Sieranski]

I agree with Mel. I like to get the form filled out as quickly as possible
and move on. I like the idea and hope we can find a place to use it I just
don't think FAS is a good one.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Justin O'Brien <three at threethirty.us>wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 19:12 -0600, Ian Weller wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 02:06:09PM -0500, Mel Chua wrote:
> > > I wonder what opportunities we might have to quickly try this out with
> > > Fedora. fedora-tour immediately comes to mind, but that's not going to
> > > be ready for prime-time for a bit - so how about FAS?
> > > (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/new)
> >
> > For web forms like this, I'd say this harms usability because... well,
> > it's kind of selfish, really. When I fill out a form with contact
> > information (oh hello, FAS), I don't really feel like reading, I just
> > want to get my information in the system in a hurry. I'm assuming it's
> > not just me.
> >
> > I love the idea for the group introduction bit, but I would strongly
> > recommend not applying this concept to FAS. It's more confusion than
> > what it's worth.
> >
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> I had an idea of working it all into one page that would start off with
> FAS, subscribe you to the mailinglist, post your intro and then drop you
> off at the wiki to so that you could create a userpage.
>
> Would it be less of an issue for you if this became a one stop joining
> process.
>
> How about a link to do it the old way at the top?
>
> Just trying to keep the ball rolling I dont think we need to decide
> where it stops yet :)
>
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Thanks,
Greg Sieranski
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