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- Should I use email or username for login?
- What is a username when logging in?
- What is a username field?
- Why not use email as username?
Should I use email or username for login?
Emails Are Easier to Remember
It's easier for users to remember their email than username. This is because users check their email is regularly and type it often. It's a mistake for sites to not allow users to log in with their email. Users need to do a lot of work if they forget their username.
What is a username when logging in?
A Username is a special name given to a person to uniquely identify them on a computer network. Also called account names, login IDs, or user IDs, usernames are given to a person by the network administrator or they are selected by the user.
What is a username field?
The username-field command specifies the value for the name attribute in the login form that identifies the username field. The default value of j_username follows the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition standard for login forms.
Why not use email as username?
Providing a username as the user's public face instead of their email address allows them a layer of privacy. In some rare cases, a service may elect not to collect email addresses at all... since email addresses can be considered sensitive and personally identifiable information.
