#14633 closed enhancement (fixed)
Error Message for incorrect Username during registration/sign up
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Milestone: | 3.1 | Priority: | normal |
Severity: | minor | Version: | 3.0.1 |
Component: | General | Keywords: | has-patch close |
Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
The error message:
"Only lowercase letters and numbers allowed"
should also stipulate no spaces or special characters allowed, as people try multiple times and become frustrated, as this message is not sufficiently clear for everyone.
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Change History (11)
#1
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15 years ago
- Component changed from Warnings/Notices to General
- Keywords needs-patch added; username registration removed
- Owner set to mrmist
- Severity changed from normal to minor
- Status changed from new to accepted
#3
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15 years ago
- Keywords has-patch added; needs-patch removed
I guess you're talking about that error, as it's the only one I could see. I doubt, though, that making this error more specific will help that much. If someone doesn't understand the concept of "only letters and numbers" saying "no punctuation" probably won't help them.
#4
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15 years ago
Replying to mrmist:
I guess you're talking about that error, as it's the only one I could see. I doubt, though, that making this error more specific will help that much. If someone doesn't understand the concept of "only letters and numbers" saying "no punctuation" probably won't help them.
The error message I get is exactly as I posted it - not the one shown.
#7
follow-up:
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15 years ago
I think specifying the range of the lowercase characters, as the changed string did, may be good.
There are more lowercase characters in the world than the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
But then there are other number systems too. I don’t know... But I think I like it more when the range is specified.
More specific...