Hassan Schroeder wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Dave Aronson > <googlegroups2d...@davearonson.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 18:46, Madhu <madhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I just want to have email & password during signup.. >> >> ... I advise you not to do this. �It means you're using email >> addresses as the primary person-identifier (as opposed to ID in the >> database, which I ass-u-me will be numeric). �That's perfectly fine >> from a technical point of view, but not for user convenience. > > I'd suggest the OP research this point, then, because my personal > opinion is diametrically (and vehemently) opposed to yours. :-) > > In general I *despise* being asked to pick a "username". My email > address uniquely identifies me, and that should be good enough.
I agree with Hassan here. I actually don't *mind* being asked to pick a username, but e-mail address should be fine. On a site I don't use much, I'm less likely to forget my e-mail address than an arbitrary username. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
