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Good designs ! I would recommend going for Option B. The reason being :
Option A: Even though your users might know that your email has been truncated,the lack of a visual affordance such as ellipsis might confuse them and someone might accidently take it as the full email. Also they might not know that they have to hover over the email to see it ...
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One major advantage of adding permissions rather than removing them is that if you add new features, they are, by default, not permitted to anyone, and you have to make a conscious decision as to who needs this functionality. This can be used to give permissions to a few test users to start with, and then expand it.
It is also very important to give users ...
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I'm willing to bet that you are more concerned with users not getting their desired nickname than the user will ever be. Right now, users have no reason to care what their nickname is on your site because it doesn't show up anywhere on your site.
Because of this, I recommend not pestering your users with any obtrusive process or notification (especially a ...
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One of the simplest methods that I have seen for this is to assign every user a nickname based on their UserID. So one may be "user157" and another "user18" etc. Of course most people won't like these names, which is the incentive to get them to change them.
It would also help to send everyone an email letting them know that this is the case and that ...
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You should always strive to provide some form of reciprocity. Meaning that if you are getting something out of it, you should let the other person also get something out of it.
My suggestion would be to make as many fields as possible optional. Then instead of nagging people to fill them in, incentivise them to fill in additional fields by giving them ...
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The ui control or pattern for this is Completeness Meter (See the ui pattern for this). It's sometimes called a Progress Bar, but that term also has a much more generic use - such as in the case of a download percentage, and less specific to the sort of profile completeness you are talking about.
The underlying concept is that of Gradual Engagement. The ...
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Simply put - folks from non-English-speaking countries may not know what in their full name is the first name and the last name, trust me. This is probably due to the complexity of their names.
So your best bet is to ask for their "Full Name" which would be a lot clear and straight forward to most.
And if you have to ask for their first name and last name ...
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I've come across a similar situation in a company where they work this way. Fortunately it was in a job interview and I refused to work there. But I was curious how it can actually works. For more than 10 years as market leader...
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Anyway, I 've sticked with this for some time and studied different design approaches. And there is a solution for you! ...
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Though using a gold border is nice (and I don't think you should remove it) it may not be very obvious to people. I assume that you want it to be quite noticeable in order to get more people to upgrade to a premium account.
Is there anywhere that you show more info about the user?
For instance on ux.stackechange the users name, rep, badges are shown next ...
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well, I do not know about your strategy, but it is very easy to award them if they fill out all their profile information. Stackoverflow does it simply with the concept of badges, like you get the badge Autobiographer if you filled out all the fields on your profile.
If you reward people for doing it and other people can see that they have been rewarded, ...
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Don't worry I am sure you will find a good layout, you are off to a good start taking the time to find one that works before doing the grunt work of filling it in. A good layout will improve the UX of your product more than anything else.
That being said here is a list of examples:
Patternry has a list of Dashboards (Mint.com, Google, more)
Quince also ...
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From an application security standpoint, you may want to implement the Principle of Least Privilege where possible. In addition to security benefits, it may also help reduce cognitive load and help users perform their tasks easier without having to figure out which features they do/don't need.
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When reading a profile, being told what isn't there isn't particularly useful to the average user. So, unless there is some reason that you need to indicate that a field is blank, I would simply not display any empty fields in a profile.
Look at this example, and you decide how much value it adds:
"There isn't a fax number, and there isn't a facebook ...
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It's a good question, as in trying to find an answer for you I'm struggling! :)
Not sure what the "official" term is but I've heard it called "profile completeness" (unsurprisingly).
When trying to sell this idea into clients I like to highlight a couple of things that I see as the key benefits of this approach...
Reducing barrier to entry = more ...
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Why do you need to have all the information up-front right now? Requiring 25 fields to complete just to get the details is overkill and will turn people away from even starting the form.
Why not get the initial details - name and email address first and then allow them to complete the additional fields at their leisure, or when they're actually required ...
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You're right, the user definitely could be confused if you're not referring to them in a consistent manner and where you display each definitely needs consideration.
I'd suggest looking at websites that use screen names and full names and how they handle each. Twitter, for example, asks for both on sign up.
Depending what your site is about, it may be ok ...
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Before I ever do any UX, UI or visual design I apply behavior modeling to every project where there is an action we want people to perform. Your concept is a compelling case for behavior design because you are asking someone to articulate a lot of information.
I supplied links to materials at the end of this post. In nutshell start with the ideal behavior ...
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I agree with the rewards idea - look at Microsoft's Bing, or Xbox achievements, or the myriad of sites that give "cookies"(yes, pun) for logging in with Facebook, Twitter, etc etc. The only problem is, you don't want to drive away users who feel like they are being pressured or bullied into sharing their information. Sometimes, a blank profile is hiding a ...
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Gmail opens in new windows because it is real-time environment, and it is vital for many multi-account users to track all accounts simultaneously — and it is simpler and faster to achieve by clicking through browser standard tools (tabs or pages), than through page reloading. This is compromise solution — for most users (in english-speaking segment of ...
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FrankL has given a great answer and i strongly recommend reading up on Lean UX as he recommended.However I did face this issue a few months back when I was asked to redesign the site for a consulting agency. The agency had redesigned their site several times over but somehow had never been able to get the the right content to drive conversions. When I asked ...
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It is never wrong to inform your users of what you're doing. Transparency may be a populist word, but represents respects for your users. You don't have to put these calculations in front of your metrics, but those users who want to know should easely find them. That means a placement on the about page or FAQ page which may be even a better choise.
You're ...
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Social network sites LinkedIn and OkCupid, while already oriented towards populating "About me" information, incentivise users to fill out their details by offering a progress bar and perks for completion. If you want your users making use of it, I think this is a good way to go. I mean, both of my profiles on those sites have 100% completion, and I don't ...
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From my personal experience, collaborative projects are more than just a list of skills and interests. Clashing personalities and work ethic plays a major role in deciding who you will be collaborating with especially on complex projects.
So far, the about me section seems to be the only area that allows any sort of "personality" to reveal itself.
I like ...
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"About me" fields are general purpose free form areas that allow you to let people share what they would like to share. For example, rather than having fields for LinkedIn, Twitter, and whatever else you want to share, the "About me" text are allows you to share those without having to ask every user for that information.
In 37Signals terminology, this is ...
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I think the answer here really depends on how/why users are using this feature.
Google recently introduced the ability to use multiple users in a new window under the same underlying profile (using multiple Google accounts).
From what I've seen, sites and applications that support multiple users/profiles always display a unique icon for each account ...
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As Brian said, whether or not users would be allowed to save an empty profile is probably a business decision.
As for whether they should fill out their profile, it's a double edged sword. Not filling out your profile hurts your user by giving them non-personalized newsletters, while forcing users to fill in a profile could frustrate users and cause a hit ...
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I looked at Trello's site and it seems to be a dashboard for displaying the various phases in a project or multiple project. In that context the primary focus of the site is on the content i.e. the projects in this case and the user's profile pic is not of particular significance.'
To answer your question, what you could do with empty profile pics will ...
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I agreed with these both answered, it's advisable to keep sign up form as simple as possible, fields are depend on your business or site requirements, firstly we should analyze our users and business requirement.. create a list of all fields which usually used in signup form, then think on them one by one, are they really needed for your website or business ...
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First look at the funnel you are running users through. Your first goal is to get signups. Your second goal is to get optional information. Goal two is meaningless without the first, but the first goal is meaningful even if the second goal is not met, right?
Goal one: get them registered.
You want to grease the skids as much as possible toward this goal. ...
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I think making your problem (the need for data) the user's problem (fill out all the fields) is a poor way to go, generally speaking. You may feel it's justified due to the ultimate goal of providing a better user experience, but you can only demand so much before users get antagonized.
This challenge can, however, be mitigated in a few ways. You can do as ...
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