favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarecatharso@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoprobably easier to fit the names in the ui and speech bubbles
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 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”.