favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarecatharsolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoprobably easier to fit the names in the ui and speech bubbles
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months 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”.