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There's at least one problem with this approach: trying to sign up with a username that's already taken. If you want the username "foobar" and it's already take
by rudd 17y ago
There's at least one problem with this approach: trying to sign up with a username that's already taken. If you want the username "foobar" and it's already taken, you're just going to get a "wrong password" error, when you really wanted to sign up. That certainly creates some sort of user confusion.
- saikat 17y agoThis approach only really works with signups that ask for an E-mail instead of a separate username.
- BerislavLopac 17y agoAs should all of them, really...
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoFalse. If I'm just using a web app myself, email may be sufficient, but if I'm creating a public-facing profile, I want a username to be visible, not my email address.
- BerislavLopac 17y agoOf course, there is no reason why shouldn't you be able to log in using any of the unique information in your profile, be it email, your username/alias, your phone number etc.