Posted by Neredbojias on 11/24/05 13:23

With neither quill nor qualm, Thundercat Stevens quothed:

> Neredbojias <invalid@neredbojias.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.1deee90f50d118229896d7@news.isp.com:
>
> > With neither quill nor qualm, Thundercat Stevens quothed:
> >
> >> And any other dumb site.
> >>
> >> Please don't force me to remember my user name AND email address. If
> >> I am in your database, send my user name to my email address when I
> >> request it.
> >
> > What's the difference between that and the user_name/pw combination?
>
> Erm, with one, I don't have to remember some obscure user name. After about
> 50 sites, I tend to forget what flippant thing I typed in in the first
> place.

I agree with that and suffer the same problem, but still see no
difference in forgetting an obscure user-name/pw set or a user-
name/email set.

> >> Your site, she is broken. Fix her.
> >
> > Most sites are broken, especially the high-ranking ones.
>
> Hell, all of my sites are crippled beyond belief.

I don't know if you are joking or not, but I'll bet the most
technically-correct and functional sites are not among the most popular
on the whole.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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