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November 18, 2005

Can you spot the usability bug in this google screen?

Didn't expect this from Google!

Posted by pankaj at November 18, 2005 10:22 PM

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Other than the fact that now new signup is accepted I see

1) Bots can signup with any email id . There are no checks that a human is entering the data, by asking the human to enter a code which is shown as a convoluted image.

2) Just I noticed , it knows you ! and your email (in right top corner), then why it is asking for the same information ? !
It should just have a checkbox and a submit button, which asks your preference whether it needs to notify you or not

Posted by: Anonymous on November 19, 2005 02:17 AM

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