We'll set up Facebook Connect for those that don't want to register directly. Reason we don't have anonymous demo page yet is that it would take significant work to get the data to port to your actual account if you choose to sign up. It'd be a bad thing for someone to spend 10 minutes entering data into the demo and then lose it on signing up. We actually had that before and it was a problem.

We want to do this, but for purposes of launching more quickly we haven't done it yet.

One compromise would be to have the instructions/intro entered into a demo page that people could interact with but not save - it would encourage exploration of the interface without encouraging/requiring people to enter their own info. TaskPaper for Mac does something like this in an appealing way, and has almost the same interface as WorkFlowy.

Yeah, that's a good idea. We messed around with that, but didn't quite get it right. People got too engrossed in that and never really got around to creating their own stuff. The jury is out on it, though. We're definitely not happy with our onboarding process as it currently stands.

Why would anyone using a demo page be under the illusion that they would be able to save their data? To wit: It's a demo page.

I agree with the above sentiment that not offering a means of trying the product out before registering is a blocker for many, many people( myself included ).

One bit of data: seems like we've had a conversion rate approaching 50%, so we're definitely doing well.

People use OpenID?

EDIT: I know people 'Login with Google' and 'Connect with Twitter', but I don't know anyone who dives at 'Login with OpenID'.

It's not like we are offered the option very often.

I used it for signing up with stackoverflow and tend to use it when I begrudgingly sign up for something, if it's an option.

Google is an OpenID.

http://openid.net/get-an-openid/