Max thanks for the demo, if it was exactly the same but instead of giving the user an error and making them backspace you replaced or reformatted the characters, but still showed the help message.
*Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 02:14:16 +0100, Jon Robson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > FWIW I find the fact we support case insensitive usernames extremely >> confusing and a bad user experience that we should try to rectify - >> both 'Jimbo_wales' and 'Jimbo_Wales' users exist leading to all sorts >> of confusing and unnecessary mistaken identity editing possibilities. >> I know of no other websites that do this and it makes sense not to... >> > > Registering such usernames is, as far as I know, currently blocked by the > AntiSpoof extension. (Administrators can bypass these restrictions if they > wish to.) > > -- > Matma Rex > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >
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