Unique Usernames
Why do websites still insist on using usernames instead of e-mail addresses as unique logins? Remembering passwords for the multitude of sites out there is already a chore. To usernames to that list is like remembering two sets of passwords. I could use the same strange and probably unique username everywhere but then find that one site somewhere, some place, already has that name taken.
If I tried to go with the “easy to remember” route like “kcheng” “kevincheng” or “kevinc”, the likelihood of me actually getting these usernames are close to none.
Nobody is going to use my e-mail address as their own and more importantly, sites are already asking for the e-mail even when they require a username. Amazon, Expedia and others use e-mail as the unique ID – why won’t others like orkut etc clue in? Today, I’ve had this happen to me twice already.
I may as well just have a macro for “Look I forgot my username and password AGAIN, just send it to me already.”
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