Usernames should be case insensitive

[4rnv]

Hello, it's me again, I really like the updated interface, especially on mobile.

Steps to recreate issue

• Create account with a username say yuki and password xxxxxxxx.
• Try logging in by entering Yuki, YUKI or any case variation as username and xxxxxxxx as password.
• Incorrect username or password.

On most platforms usernames are case insensitive and the login is successful irrespective of whether the input is in CAPS or not. Right now it would be possible to create several accounts with the same username by using different variations of casing. Not sure if that is ideal.

[enisaras]

In my personal opinion usernames should always be emails to avoid this issue. Maybe we can have the user login with their email and treat display name separately.

[4rnv]

In my personal opinion usernames should always be emails to avoid this issue. Maybe we can have the user login with their email and treat display name separately.

Using email addresses would also help deal with forgotten passwords.

Alternately, usernames could be converted to lowercase before being stored, and during login the user input would also be converted to lowercase before comparison. Either approach would work IMO.

[JamesAC42]

Noted, will add (optional) email support and handle case-sensitivity better.