favrion to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?favrion to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarecatharso@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoprobably easier to fit the names in the ui and speech bubbles
minus-squareotplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 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”.