On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Tomasz Finc <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tfinc@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">tfinc@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div id=":38g">Why not auto check keep me logged in? Do most people create account on<br>
public terminals? I doubt it. Most people will create them on their<br>
own computers/phone/etc. It would make the form even simpler.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah this is an issue we&#39;re discussing on the team too. The current use of it is not the best. </div><div><br></div>

<div>We may actually just remove it, since most other registration processes on Gmail, Facebook, etc. actually only offer this on login. The idea of checking it by default also hints at another good way to reduce unnecessary choice, which is to remove the checkbox but give them a persistent login session the first time by default. </div>

<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":38g">
Also, what&#39;s the rationale behind *always* having a captcha? Why can&#39;t<br>
we employ what the fundraiser does with a captcha *only* being show<br>
*when* we detect the user as high risk. This yet again would make this<br>
simpler and faster for not just mobile users but everyone.</div></blockquote></div><br>I don&#39;t know how they do that, but would be willing to consider it, contingent on input from Chris Steipp and Ryan Lane. <div><br>

</div><div>I&#39;d also still like to consider alternatives to CAPTCHA entirely. Cf. <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/CAPTCHA">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/CAPTCHA</a><br clear="all">

<div><br></div>-- <br><div><div><div>Steven Walling</div><div><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" target="_blank">https://wikimediafoundation.org/</a></div></div></div><br>
</div>