<story><title>Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)</title><url>https://www.gkogan.co/blog/stop-asking-me-to-sign-up/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>benrbray</author><text>More importantly, stop showing me &amp;quot;Sign Up&amp;quot; buttons if I&amp;#x27;m already logged in!  And when I&amp;#x27;m logged out, don&amp;#x27;t hide the &amp;quot;Sign In&amp;quot; button from me!&lt;p&gt;I can never remember if it&amp;#x27;s &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;.  For the longest time, the first link was just a splash advertisement for Drive with a big &amp;quot;Sign Up&amp;quot; button, and no clear way to actually get to my drive folder.  GitHub has a similar issue, as do countless other websites that I use on a daily basis.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>reaperducer</author><text>&lt;i&gt;And when I&amp;#x27;m logged out, don&amp;#x27;t hide the &amp;quot;Sign In&amp;quot; button from me!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Digital Ocean is guilty of this.  If you&amp;#x27;re on a phone, or a tablet, or any browser with a window narrower than about 700px, the page is so obsessed with selling Digital Ocean that in order for an existing customer to use an account you&amp;#x27;ve already paid for, you have to click the hamburger menu, and then scroll... scroll... scroll... all the way down to the bottom of 75 options to find a sign-in button.&lt;p&gt;For a company that brands itself as being tech-forward and people-friendly, Digital Ocean should know better.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)</title><url>https://www.gkogan.co/blog/stop-asking-me-to-sign-up/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>benrbray</author><text>More importantly, stop showing me &amp;quot;Sign Up&amp;quot; buttons if I&amp;#x27;m already logged in!  And when I&amp;#x27;m logged out, don&amp;#x27;t hide the &amp;quot;Sign In&amp;quot; button from me!&lt;p&gt;I can never remember if it&amp;#x27;s &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;.  For the longest time, the first link was just a splash advertisement for Drive with a big &amp;quot;Sign Up&amp;quot; button, and no clear way to actually get to my drive folder.  GitHub has a similar issue, as do countless other websites that I use on a daily basis.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paco3346</author><text>This one drives me up a wall. I always find myself thinking &amp;quot;hey jerk I&amp;#x27;m already a paying customer where the f is MY button?&amp;quot;</text></comment>