690960 - Add ability to register in a lightbox/ajax

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect, P3)

Description

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Talked a bit about this already, but similar to logging in, we should have a quick way to register.  A short form would be fine with me if it's an option.

Comment 1

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

mockup: http://people.mozilla.com/~fligtar/marketplace/Purchase%20Flow.png

Comment 2

[Gregory Koberger (:gkoberger)]

Quick update on this: I wrote the code, but we've run into a bit of a usability issue. This problem will fix itself, especially given that marketplace will be pushed back 3 months. However, for now, I'm holding the code since it doesn't currently work.

Comment 3

[Gregory Koberger (:gkoberger)]

Just for the sake of posterity, here's the issue:

The user registers successfully, however they can't finish the flow until they confirm their email address. So, they are stuck in a modal.

Options (that I can think of):
1) Have a "Enter confirmation code" box to get to the next step, where they have to go to their email, copy a code, paste it in, and submit.
2) Have a pseudo-logged-in-state, which means they can continue the purchase/download without confirming but don't get full logged-in status. This might get confusing, though -- can they only download the current app, which seems like an arbitrary limitation since many apps are free? Can they install any app, and it's just associated with their unconfirmed account?

I feel like either will hurt our conversion rates, which is something we really don't want (since we're already making them log in to download a free app. and nobody likes logging in to download something). We need a solution that is easy enough that they won't just give up.

Comment 4

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

We're disabling registration on apps-preview (in favor of browserid-only) which makes this a non-issue for the initial launch as browserid emails are already verified.

Comment 5

[Bill Walker [:bwalker] [@wfwalker]]

+1

Comment 6

[Gregory Koberger (:gkoberger)]

Marking as WONTFIX, since I'm going to just rip out the login form and rely on BrowserID for modals. Problem solved!