[geeklog-users] password in signup page

[Lucas Gonze]

Hi Vinnie,

I myself would much prefer to have a validated email, but my users are 
ruthless about blowing off sites that slow them down.  You may know 
some like them.  :-)

Thanks.

- Lucas

On Friday, Jan 2, 2004, at 16:41 America/New_York, Vincent Furia wrote:


> Currently there is no alternative, but I don't think it would not be 

> too much trouble to create one.  I don't think it would be a good idea 

> though.  The reason for emailing the password to an email account is 

> to confirm that it is a real email address (not entered incorrectly or 

> a fake) which allows the user to recover a lost password ("forgot 

> password" feature) and enables the admin to send email to that user's 

> email address (for important site news, etc).

>

> -Vinny

>

> Lucas Gonze wrote:

>

>> I user tested my site yesterday and found a lot of problems with the 

>> signup process.  In particular the need to enter an email address 

>> then check it for a randomly generated password made people unhappy.  

>> The preferred alternative was to enter a password of the user's 

>> choosing.

>>

>> Does there exist a way to do that already?  A theme, maybe?

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>> - Lucas

>>

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