@favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?message-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?@favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-square@catharso@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoprobably easier to fit the names in the ui and speech bubbles
minus-square@otp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThat’s a great point. Especially with fonts that aren’t fixed-width. They probably take the widest character (like a W or something) and say “a user’s profile name can be at most WWWWWWWWWW in width”.
probably easier to fit the names in the ui and speech bubbles
That’s a great point. Especially with fonts that aren’t fixed-width.
They probably take the widest character (like a W or something) and say “a user’s profile name can be at most WWWWWWWWWW in width”.