>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> writes:
Simon> Florian Zeitz <[email protected]> writes:
>> While online games might not always want case folded strings, I
>> doubt having two usernames that differ only in case is ever
>> desirable.
Simon> I have accounts in systems were that is used -- for example,
Simon> in one I have a lower-case username 'jas' for the ordinary
Simon> user and an uppercase variant 'JAS' as a personalized admin
Simon> account.
Simon> In general, I believe that any I18N solution that disallow
Simon> reasonable semantics of how username and passwords are
Simon> interpreted will be completely ignored. What can (and
Simon> should) be discussed is what "reasonable semantics" means.
Simon> But forcing uppercase and lowercase characters to be regarded
Simon> as the same is to me so completely and obviously unreasonable
Simon> that I believe there is a disconnect between requirements and
Simon> solution.
For myself, I've viewed a lot of systems, some of which case fold
usernames and some of which do not.
I think there's a lot of evidence that systems like AD that case-fold
usernames are easier to use.
In my mind sufficient evidence to try and move the internet in that
direction.
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