Comments on: Solving the “Repeat Email Address” Form Issue. Maybe.

By: Francis

Francis — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:49:22 +0000

I’ve just seen this approach in an online survey I was completing. They did it twice, once to confirm my name, and then to confirm my email address.

By: Tom Sanders

Tom Sanders — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:49:52 +0000

Nice discussion and examples ! maybe something like:
Display the entered email dress large in a red box (like example 5) with below big Green Yes / Red No and icons, When clicked Yes > box becomes Green (and after a second the submit happens.), No > the focus goes back to the email field.

I think this is some more usable then an overlay afterwards asking if it is correct (example 5). Plus you can’t prevent a visitor to enter an wrong email address.. but you can try to prevent typing mistakes. Furthermore it is mostly more important that users fill out the form. Making it difficult to submit an form can prevent a user to fill it out.

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By: istavrak

istavrak — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:16:45 +0000

Very useful article. I think submit button must be there from the beggining. From my point of view that is the only version that may confuse users.

By: Marit

Marit — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:25:48 +0000

Re version 5:
When I came as far as to the submit button, I started to read “submit” and went autopilot to push that button without reading the whole text. Others might react differently, this was just my reaction.

Interesting discussion and prototype.

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By: James Mansfield » Blog Archive » Death to email address re-entry

James Mansfield » Blog Archive » Death to email address re-entry — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:43:49 +0000

[...] Dialog also suggested this as his preferred solution. Another idea that Dan Naumman sent me was this one that suggests repeating the email address at the end of the form before the final submit button. I [...]

By: Jordan Moore

Jordan Moore — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:31:55 +0000

I would recommend updating the email “preview” on keypress.

If a user gets their email wrong the first time, then clicks the edit link returning cursor focus to the email field, they may type it incorrectly again and click submit missing the opportunity to see their mistake (except for on the dialog after submit which I assume is for test purposes).

Otherwise, solid solution to an annoying problem.

- Jordan