{"id":18,"date":"2011-07-05T14:32:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T21:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/userresearch\/?p=18"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T18:28:38","slug":"which-is-better-sign-in-or-allow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/ux\/2011\/07\/which-is-better-sign-in-or-allow\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is better – sign in or allow?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allow because that\u2019s the only context in which it\u2019s okay to not enter a password.\u00a0 With Mozilla\u2019s new identity program<\/a>, you won\u2019t have to remember a password for each specific site, Firefox will take care of that for you, but since it\u2019s a new concept, we decided to put our research skills to work.<\/p>\n

We observed and interviewed Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer and Firefox users and asked them to think out loud as they interacted with our four mockups.<\/p>\n

\"Screen\u201cImagine you didn\u2019t have an Amazon account, but you wanted to buy a book on Amazon.\u00a0 What would you do?\u201d\u00a0 And then we watched as they explained their thoughts.\u00a0 Quite a few were afraid of signing into an account with just their email, because they felt that others could sign in on their behalf if they knew their email address.<\/p>\n

The second option was unsettling because the password wasn\u2019t editable and so it was pretty similar to the email only sign in.\u00a0 The third option was liked because it was easy to use – just enter your email address here – but if you hadn\u2019t been active on that site in a few hours, then another screen would appear that asked for your Firefox Account password.\u00a0 Whereas the fourth option was easiest for people to understand that we were sharing your email with Amazon.<\/p>\n

Based on all that feedback, we\u2019re designing an interaction that will combine the feeling of security in option three and the easy to grasp concept of sharing your info with another website in option four.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re always looking for fun people<\/a> to talk to about our new ideas and help us design a better open web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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