Last modified: 2013-07-30 18:39:03 UTC
This is a design suggestion: move the create account call to action in the new ACUX user login page to the right. This would help fill the massive white space there. See http://awesomescreenshot.com/0a316de0b2 for a visual demo. One other idea would be to center everything to even out that white space. Also the language selector should be moved to the sidebar like all other Commons pages or somewhere else - it doesn't fit with the minimalist look here. It just seems a little bland with all that white. A border/shadow around the login box if it's centered might do the trick. Another idea would be to add a huge picture in that space with the CTA there, similar to http://outlook.com
I think the placement and style of the signup call to action is something we should potentially A/B test post-launch to measure the effectiveness of different placements. I agree there is a lot of whitespace in the login form currently.
Agreed with Steven. It's a good idea and we should test it. Sadly, we're a little constrained on visual treatments in general because whatever we have to do needs to look right in a full-screen layout (not to mention not break the Vector/MonoBook look and feel too drastically). Re: Borders We're trying to avoid borders on UI elements if we can (Wikipedia is already very boxy and can trigger some claustrophobia if we're not careful), but light separators might be workable. http://i.imgur.com/W9SDoNx.png
