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Spaces can also cause problems if you want to generate a URL for a username (requires inserting '%20') or if you want to generate an e-mail address for them. A
by jaredsohn 13y ago
Spaces can also cause problems if you want to generate a URL for a username (requires inserting '%20') or if you want to generate an e-mail address for them.
Also, spaces (like dashes and underscores) make it easier to create similarly confusing usernames (i.e. "maryjane" and "mary jane")
- IgorPartola 13y agoThe second argument does not hold: maryjane and mаryjаne are similar but are different sequences of bytes. The other issue with spaces is that you cannot easily tell how many there are. For example: "Johnny Appleseed" vs "Johnny Appleseed". BTW, are there any languages/cultures in which the name structure dictates spaces before/after the name or the number of spaces between words in the name?
- smartwater 13y agoHumans don't parse things byte by byte, his argument is perfectly valid. Yuo cna stlil raed tihs cnat yuo?
- ScottWhigham 13y agoThe second argument does not hold: maryjane and mаryjаne are similar but are different sequences of bytes. You're nit-picking with that attempt at an argument. If I'm a moderator of a large forum and my user name is "MaryJane", is the community made better when a "Mary Jane" joins? Obviously not - there would be confusion as to who the mod is (regardless of icons/colors/other text used to display the true mod). In marketing speak, "It dilutes the brand".