Re: Email address vs Nickname?

Michael Sheets
Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:54:36 -0000

On Mar 13, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Joe Noon wrote:

>> You need justification?  It is the right thing to do...
>> email addresses change, so should be a seperate field.
>
> As you are, I am also opposed to making a user have a username.  Just
> one more thing to remember.  Id like other peoples thoughts on this as
> well.  Im all ears if someone thinks they have a good case that
> usernames are _really_ necessary.

I agree that emails shouldn''t be used in the url, use the username or
number (username is prettier). However... you can still ask for their
email, and either do logins by email or allow either username or email.
Basically skips over the issue, benefits on both sides.