[eluser]gr0uch0mars[/eluser]
[quote author="sirwan.me" date="1285014415"]iv read the document linked above, (not all of it since its very long)..my conclusion is that this is a very very exhausting procedure. especially for this to be on a MySQL database. it'll probably triple the amount of queries just to find the human readable user name of the author of this 'post'. But it does seem like it is going to be the future. anyway. what about this.
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instead of entering emails, user name or password to log-on. How about we just use the Facebook, Gmail buttons. to register and log-on and LINK SOCIAL NETWORKING ACCOUNTS. You can also link multiple emails (for password reseting and blah blah) .. set a user name (which can also be changed in user settings) that's it?
i would have thought that would be simplest idea. besides, if someone wants to register (WITHOUT A SOCIAL NETWORKING ACCOUNT per say) ... wouldn't he/she need to provide a Gmail, Yahoo or Msn email anyway?[/quote]
I read your post after published mine.
1) Queries on MySQL. For example, a post would have the user ID ("85875" for example). But when displaying it, just JOIN the Username (with a good index it's quick enough). Simple?
2) I had also thought about eliminating username registration and relying only on 3rd Party systems (Gmail, Yahoo, MSN, Facebook...) It'd be a lot easier, and you'd rely their authentication.
