Apparently some weirdness can be caused by having email addresses as usernames in django, though I'm not sure specifically what this is.
Does anyone know these cases? --- Elena :) @elequ On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > (imo) Allowing spaces in username just isn't a very sane approach. > > Rather than telling the user to choose a username, why not make them login > with their email address instead? Users are less likely to forget their > email address, and if anything, it would be less error prone than a > username would, especially one with spaces. > > By all means, you can allow users to have spaces in their alias / nickname > field, but allowing them to login with it might not be the best approach. > > Hope this helps! > > Cal > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Paul von Hoesslin < > paulvonhoess...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm puzzled with this too. Did anyone manage to find a solution to >> resolving spaces in usernames. >> >> Generally a user, these days logs in with their email - that's >> predominately how I've setup all my django projects. People don't remember >> usernames. It is legacy, facebook connects with emails, so does gmail and >> the rest of the world. Username really has fallen back to a NickName / >> Alternative / Alias kind of field. You'd use it if you knew that in your >> application people wouldn't want their real, full names to be displayed. >> >> >> On Friday, June 12, 2009 4:08:12 PM UTC+2, Wiiboy wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 12, 6:55 am, Marco Louro <mlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > As long as you trim start and trailing spaces, there shouldn't be any >>> > problem, but personally I wouldn't use spaces in usernames at all. >>> >>> Why not? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/UGdOmEepavIJ. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
