Enhancement #169

Sign-in username is confusing: force lowercase & more

Added by Anonymous about 13 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:ClosedStart date:
Priority:NormalDue date:
Assignee:Samer -% Done:

100%

Category:Group space
Target version:-
Resolution:fixed Tags:

Description

After several tests with people, both Dario and Sara had problems when creating the username. Both were insisting to use a name with capital letters, even though they were reading the (!) error.

A similar problem occurred when creating a group.

I don't know how to solve this, but I have three suggestions. I would apply the three, but probably the third takes more time.

Suggestion 1:
  • ask "Name" before "Username" in user creation. It's more intuitive.
  • ask "Long name" before "Short name" in group creation
Suggestion 2:
  • In the (!) description, maybe "lowercase" should be in bold?
Suggestion 3:
  • Maybe we can auto-generate a short-name or username based on the long-name introduced before, as a proposal that can be changed.

Associated revisions

Revision a5143850
Added by Samer - about 12 years ago

In the Register form, asking for Name before Username (and focusing on Name), refs #169

Revision 67e17205
Added by Samer - about 12 years ago

In New Group form, asking for Long name before Short name, focusing on Long name; closes #169

History

#1 Updated by Vicente J. Ruiz Jurado about 13 years ago

Contraproposal to 3: auto-change to lowercase the name you enter when you jump for one field to another.

1min of work...

#2 Updated by Vicente J. Ruiz Jurado over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

#3 Updated by Anonymous over 12 years ago

I agree with Contraproposal to (3). I'd also do (1).

#4 Updated by Anonymous over 12 years ago

From #181 (closed)=> also auto-change to lowercase:
  • the username in the log-in dialog (not just in the sign-in dialog).
  • the group name in the register-group dialog

#5 Updated by Samer - over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Closed to In Progress
  • Assignee changed from Vicente J. Ruiz Jurado to Samer -
  • Priority changed from Urgent to Normal
  • % Done changed from 0 to 50
  • Resolution deleted (fixed)

I reopen this issue instead of creating a new one. I'd do "Suggestion 1" even if comment #4 was done, is it ok? I can assign it to myself.

#6 Updated by Samer - about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 50 to 80

#7 Updated by Samer - about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed
  • % Done changed from 80 to 100
  • Resolution set to fixed

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