Extremely unfriendly forum :-(
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:09 am
I am sorry to say that but this forum is one of the user-unfriendliest I have ever seen. I remember I registered here some time ago, but (as usual) I forgot my username and e-mail address.
I clicked "Forgot password" link and on the next page I had to enter both username and e-mail. Since I don't remeber exactly (I use about three e-mail addresses and login name is derived from my real name, usually luborkolar, lubork, lkolar etc.), I have dozens of combination to try. Why I shouldn't enter just my userid or e-mail (like almost every other forum has)?
Second thing is registering. Since I forgot my userid and pass and there is no way to get it, I decided to create a new account. After filling in the form, I clicked Submit. The same page (Register) with empty form (only username remained), without any describtion, what I made bad/what failed. I was not sure if I submitted form (because I am working while browsing) so I repeated the process. The same again. I understand something could happen so registration could not proceed (occupied username, to short password, temporary server error etc.), but I expect it would be kind to the user at least to say, what failed, in the better case where and how to fix it.
So I tried to create the simplies account only with my initials as user name and it worked. Ok, I thought previous behaviour could be a temporary error, and I tried to register once again, now with correct informations. After I filled all the fields in the register form and clicked submit, the same (blank form with only username prefilled) page appeared.
Cowsmanaut, please, look at it. Thanks.
I clicked "Forgot password" link and on the next page I had to enter both username and e-mail. Since I don't remeber exactly (I use about three e-mail addresses and login name is derived from my real name, usually luborkolar, lubork, lkolar etc.), I have dozens of combination to try. Why I shouldn't enter just my userid or e-mail (like almost every other forum has)?
Second thing is registering. Since I forgot my userid and pass and there is no way to get it, I decided to create a new account. After filling in the form, I clicked Submit. The same page (Register) with empty form (only username remained), without any describtion, what I made bad/what failed. I was not sure if I submitted form (because I am working while browsing) so I repeated the process. The same again. I understand something could happen so registration could not proceed (occupied username, to short password, temporary server error etc.), but I expect it would be kind to the user at least to say, what failed, in the better case where and how to fix it.
So I tried to create the simplies account only with my initials as user name and it worked. Ok, I thought previous behaviour could be a temporary error, and I tried to register once again, now with correct informations. After I filled all the fields in the register form and clicked submit, the same (blank form with only username prefilled) page appeared.
Cowsmanaut, please, look at it. Thanks.