Timeline for Are there any letters/numbers that should be avoided in an ID?
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| Apr 24 at 21:56 | comment | added | Laurent Lyaudet | Another article on the same topic: gajus.com/blog/avoiding-visually-ambiguous-characters-in-ids | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 4:31 | answer | added | kimg85 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 21:36 | vote | accept | cantsay | ||
| Mar 5, 2014 at 14:37 | comment | added | bendataclear | How are you expecting these ID's to be used, copy/paste? SMS? word of mouth? | |
| Mar 5, 2014 at 7:27 | answer | added | ivandervaeren | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 20:27 | comment | added | theGreenCabbage | Look into Gfycat -> gfycat.com The way it creates new URLs through a combination of nouns, verbs, and adjectives to make it easy to remember URLs as opposed to tinyurl.com/ir62z9fegcxz | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 17:35 | comment | added | Adam Balsam |
Is there a reason the string needs to be 5 characters long? You could eliminate the uppercase letters and numbers entirely, increase the string to seven characters and have about nine times as many unique combinations.(62^5 = 916 Million Combinations, while 26^7 = 8 Billion Combinations)
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 15:42 | comment | added | Bob | See also: Are there numbers and letters to avoid for activation codes via SMS and Are there any guidelines for passwords that need to be read out loud? | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 11:59 | comment | added | Vince Bowdren | How are you proposing to make it easier for users to read and share links, easier than using copy and paste? Do they need to retype the ID themselves? | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 10:35 | answer | added | liftarn | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 22:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackUX/status/440617660821540864 | ||
| Mar 3, 2014 at 20:38 | answer | added | Bennett McElwee | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 19:40 | answer | added | JohnGB♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 19:40 | answer | added | Mervin | timeline score: 61 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 19:37 | comment | added | Nicholas Pappas | There are no letters/numbers that have been known to cause death when included together, so use any combination you wish. If you want to make to limit confusion, avoid the letters/numbers you list above for the reasons you list. | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 19:34 | history | edited | cantsay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 3, 2014 at 19:22 | history | asked | cantsay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |