Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get access to some
resources. The signin uses a standard username/password. What do you feel is best for
a username? Many sites use the persons email address while others allow them to just
write in some text. The only disadvantage of
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From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 May 2002 20:44
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Subject: [style] usernames
Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get access
to some resources. The signin uses a standard username/password. What do
you feel is best for a username
I usually let them use whatever they like, not force them to use their email
address, to prevent two users from having the same username I just check the
db before inserting the name to ensure that no one has that name already. If
there is a duplicate I send them back to the registration page a
May 26, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [style] usernames
> I usually let them use whatever they like, not force them to use their
email
> address, to prevent two users from having the same username I just check
the
> db before inserting the name to ensure that no one has that name already.
If
>
Duplicate emails?
Neil Clark
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From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 May 2002 20:55
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: [style] usernames
and
Like Donnie said, people make typo mistakes, so yes duplicate emails
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> Duplica
I can't tell you, it's a secret. You'll just have to wait in anticipation. :)
> I usually let them use whatever they like, not force them to use their email
> address, to prevent two users from having the same username I just check the
> db before inserting the name to ensure that no one has t
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From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 May 2002 20:55
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and if your gonna check the db for duplicate emails you might as well
let
them use their own user name
having a life is overrated
as the table's primary key to
identify a user.
Jim
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> Lets say I have an application wh
Can we say AOL..
-Justin Scott, Lead Developer
Sceiron Internet Services, Inc.
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Subjec
:-)
Neil Clark
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From: Justin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 May 2002 21:17
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: [style] usernames
Can
I would say it depends on if you are 'displaying' usernames in a forum or on
articles or something like that. If so, go with usernames, but use email /
password for identity and uniquness.
Paul Giesenhagen
QuillDesign
> Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get access to
The display will be the persons 'real name' that they sign up with. At no time will
the users email address be displayed. The app is rather low security so I think that
using the persons primary email address as their username will work out ok.
Another design question answered, another step tow
> The display will be the persons 'real name' that they sign up
> with. At no time will the users email address be displayed. The
> app is rather low security so I think that using the persons
> primary email address as their username will work out ok.
> Another design question answered, another s
Interesting problem. This is for the list archive login. I think that I'm going to go
with the email address for now. I can always change it.
> > The display will be the persons 'real name' that they sign up
> > with. At no time will the users email address be displayed. The
> > app is rather
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> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 5:47 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: [style] usernames
>
>
> Interesting problem. This is for the list archive login. I think
> that I'm going to go with the e
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.com/
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From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 6:18 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: [style] usernames
Actually, the new lists are set up for multiple posting addresses to deal
with people who have multiple. What I'
you for the project you are working on.
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From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 5:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: [style] usernames
Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get access
to some resources. The signin uses a
On 5/26/02, Michael Dinowitz penned:
>
>Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get
>access to some resources. The signin uses a standard
>username/password. What do you feel is best for a username? Many
>sites use the persons email address while others allow them to just
>
On 5/26/02, Jim McAtee penned:
>I let people choose their own usernames, with some small restrictions, such as
>a minimal length and no spaces. It's easy enough to do a lookup on existing
>usernames to avoid duplicates and display a message if already in use.
>Usually, you're doing some other err
We have this discussion, all the time ... And we've come down to what we
think is the best of both worlds ...
We allow usernames that are people's email addresses. Yes, it's a double
entry, but not everyone wants to use an email address as a username. I
hate to. I much prefer to use weberika. I a
Yeah, I'm with Erika. I prefer to use a uid I make up than an email address.
And have the option to use your email address is a good one.
Eric
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st my 2p
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From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 May 2002 22:12
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: [style] usernames
> The display will be the persons 'real name' that they sign up
> with. At no time will the users email address be dis
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Since 90% of the time (at least for me), the e-mail address is a
unique field, I generally use the e-mail address. The only drawback
to this is if you have an application that may have 2 users
> That's a good point. Another point I should make is that it
> is extremely annoying when the user has to keep trying
> different usernames only to get a message along the lines
> of 'this user name has already been taken' especially if
> each attempt is another trip to the server.
This is one o
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From: "Erika L Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: [style] usernames
> We have this discussion, all the time ... And we've come down to wh
What do you do, then, if by chance the old email address that the user
signed up with is no longer in service? Then, even if they could remember
the right email they couldn't retrieve the password?
This has happened to me before and I've been SOL.
-Patti
> > As for username/password retrieval .
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