Not all special characters, so nothing crazy like $ or @ or # or numbers, but I think - and ' and spaces would be good options that would add some great variety. EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I mean just for dragon names, not usernames or passwords. For example my profile pic dragon was supposed to be The Biologist, and that sounds much better to me than just Biologist (she's a fandragon). Plus, everyone knows most fantasy names have an apostrophe in them :D
EDIT 2: special letters like ö, ð, š, ž, ø and so on would also be great.
Not all special characters, so nothing crazy like $ or @ or # or numbers, but I think - and ' and spaces would be good options that would add some great variety. EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I mean just for dragon names, not usernames or passwords. For example my profile pic dragon was supposed to be The Biologist, and that sounds much better to me than just Biologist (she's a fandragon). Plus, everyone knows most fantasy names have an apostrophe in them :D
EDIT 2: special letters like ö, ð, š, ž, ø and so on would also be great.
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
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No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
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I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
Renaiwom wrote on 2021-11-19 03:23:32:
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
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[quote name="Renaiwom" date="2021-11-19 03:23:32" ]
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
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I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
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Yeah, I meant just in dragon names, the rules for usernames and passwords would stay as they are. I'll edit the original post to clarify.
smorphie wrote on 2021-11-19 05:37:44:
Renaiwom wrote on 2021-11-19 03:23:32:
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
Yeah, I meant just in dragon names, the rules for usernames and passwords would stay as they are. I'll edit the original post to clarify.
I would love to be able to use spaces in names, it kills me when it comes to fandragons with a more complex name.
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I would love to be able to use spaces in names, it kills me when it comes to fandragons with a more complex name.
Support
bro i support this so hard. i made a post like this ages ago and nobody reads the full post [emoji=spiral sad size=1] so mine ended up devolving into "hiss coding around apostrophes is difficult" and dev coddling. one of these days we'll get the extended latin keyboard and some simple punctuation in our dragon names.
bro i support this so hard. i made a post like this ages ago and nobody reads the full post
so mine ended up devolving into "hiss coding around apostrophes is difficult" and dev coddling. one of these days we'll get the extended latin keyboard and some simple punctuation in our dragon names.
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TBH it bothers me a lot that I can't use letters like ö and ð in dragon names, so in addition to special characters I'd like to suggest special letters too.
TBH it bothers me a lot that I can't use letters like ö and ð in dragon names, so in addition to special characters I'd like to suggest special letters too.
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[quote name="Yeenaaldlooshii" date="2021-11-19 06:43:09" ]
[quote name="smorphie" date="2021-11-19 05:37:44" ]
[quote name="Renaiwom" date="2021-11-19 03:23:32" ]
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
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I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
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Yeah, I meant just in dragon names, the rules for usernames and passwords would stay as they are. I'll edit the original post to clarify.
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I wasn't expressing myself clearly, sorry... I meant to say that, given how badly the password thing went awry, I have [i]no confidence[/i] that the devs [i]could[/i] implement apostrophes into dragon names, whether or not they would. The site's gotten better over the years, but it's still duct tape and bubblegum in a lot of places. Diacritics and dashes and stuff are a different situation than apostrophes and again, I think [i]that[/i] is something that the devs [i]could[/i] do, and it'd be really fun to see!
The reason apostrophes/quotes mess things up is, code delineates text from code within a line [i]using[/i] apostrophes/quotes. You basically have to make a special case for them within text and like... the trust that that'd be done right just... isn't there, after stuff like the Coli CAPTCHAs and some of the bugs I've seen stick around for a long time. It might be mean to say, but... I just don't think this particular [i]subset[/i] is going to happen. I'd absolutely love to be proven wrong!
Yeenaaldlooshii wrote on 2021-11-19 06:43:09:
smorphie wrote on 2021-11-19 05:37:44:
Renaiwom wrote on 2021-11-19 03:23:32:
No support for apostrophes/quotes in particular, just because I locked myself out of my account for a bit by putting one in my password and like... they're an absolute pain to deal with in programming. I don't think it'd end well.
That said, support for spaces and dashes if it'd work. Both could add some fun variety to like, robot names and such.
I don't think they meant in usernames or passwords, just in dragon names.
And yes! support! Many of my dragons are supposed to have "double names" and i just, opted out. having the capitals with no space wasn't working in my mind.
Dashes and spacess are a must of its added, and if apostrophes are a pain in coding, that can be left out.
Yeah, I meant just in dragon names, the rules for usernames and passwords would stay as they are. I'll edit the original post to clarify.
I wasn't expressing myself clearly, sorry... I meant to say that, given how badly the password thing went awry, I have
no confidence that the devs
could implement apostrophes into dragon names, whether or not they would. The site's gotten better over the years, but it's still duct tape and bubblegum in a lot of places. Diacritics and dashes and stuff are a different situation than apostrophes and again, I think
that is something that the devs
could do, and it'd be really fun to see!
The reason apostrophes/quotes mess things up is, code delineates text from code within a line
using apostrophes/quotes. You basically have to make a special case for them within text and like... the trust that that'd be done right just... isn't there, after stuff like the Coli CAPTCHAs and some of the bugs I've seen stick around for a long time. It might be mean to say, but... I just don't think this particular
subset is going to happen. I'd absolutely love to be proven wrong!
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[quote name="JonSnOwO" date="2021-11-21 14:23:53" ]
TBH it bothers me a lot that I can't use letters like ö and ð in dragon names, so in addition to special characters I'd like to suggest special letters too.
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I can't believe I forgot to add this, especially considering how not being able to use š, ?, ž, ? bothers me. (old slavic names are the best)
edit: apparently i cant even use some of them on the forums. wack.
JonSnOwO wrote on 2021-11-21 14:23:53:
TBH it bothers me a lot that I can't use letters like ö and ð in dragon names, so in addition to special characters I'd like to suggest special letters too.
I can't believe I forgot to add this, especially considering how not being able to use š, ?, ž, ? bothers me. (old slavic names are the best)
edit: apparently i cant even use some of them on the forums. wack.
I posted a therad about this years ago, I'm surprised it hasn't been added since, a lot of people want it.
I also want numbers to be usable.
I used to be in Lightning Flight and had a bunch of mecha dragons, but the issues with naming made me swap flights because it was just too annoying for me.
DRG-716 looks a lot nicer than DRGSevenOneSix if you ask me.
I posted a therad about this years ago, I'm surprised it hasn't been added since, a lot of people want it.
I also want numbers to be usable.
I used to be in Lightning Flight and had a bunch of mecha dragons, but the issues with naming made me swap flights because it was just too annoying for me.
DRG-716 looks a lot nicer than DRGSevenOneSix if you ask me.