contao/issues — Issue #633: Option to use email address instead of username
Author: importer
Created: 2011-11-24 15:43:10+00:00
State: open
Labels: Feature, registration

I suggest using email address instead of usernames for registration. (Or at least an option.)

I don't see any benefits of using usernames for registration.
I only see disadvantages:
- Usernames seems too amateur. Especially at corporate websites.
- People often forget their username, and instead register a second time. [- The username they want might already be taken. (On large websites)
- Usernames are so from the 90's.. ;)

Today it's more common that users register with their e-mailaddress.
I only see benefits:
- E-mail adresses are always unique.
- Easier for the user to remember the e-mailaddress than a made up username. Increased usability.
- Most websites today has this approach.

See the discussion here: http://typolight.org/forum/message/71066.html](http://www.contao.org/forum/message/15655.html)

(I know it's possible to use email addresses as usernames already. But some problems exist where users for example have to enter the same emailadress two times. Would be better if their email address was the unique identifier for every user.)

--- _Originally created by anonymous on April 2nd, 2009, at 12:06am (ID 633)_