Jorden van der Elst wrote: > 2009/6/11 Nicolás Alvarez <[email protected]>: >> While we're at it, any special reason why the numerical ID of the user is >> there? It makes the box cluttered; too many numbers, hard to read. > > I don't agree. > > http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/18357 > > There are two very useful uses for the UserID in that pane: > > 1. It's easier to put someone on ignore. Just copy his ID number, go [...] > 2. It was easy to check if a person had more than one account, by just [...] > But OK, if the UserID is useless info in the side-pane, then the [...]
It isn't /that/ long ago that in a series of 'enthusiastic' threads on project forums that certain mischievous users were creating new user accounts and copying someone else's avatar to then cause further 'confusion'... (One reason why I've not bothered with an avatar.) Include forum check code so that no two avatars can be too similar? Regards, Martin -- -------------------- Martin Lomas m_boincdev ml1 co uk.ddSPAM.dd -------------------- _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
