A user, jmana9, reported an inconsistency in the hover text for profile pictures on their Discourse site (v2.1.0.beta3 +136). The hover text shows the full name in posts, but the username on the “Latest” view page. jmana9 suggested always showing the full name as the hover text, especially since their site emphasizes real names over usernames.
codinghorror agreed with this suggestion and asked techAPJ to look into it. jmana9 also suggested showing full names in the dropdown menu that appears when clicking the profile picture at the top right.
techAPJ created a PR to show full names on the topic list page and asked tgxworld to review the changes. techAPJ clarified that the changes would affect multiple places where user details are fetched and agreed that if names are enabled, the avatar title should be the full name everywhere.
I’m setting up a Discourse site for a club (v2.1.0.beta3 +136). I’ve set it up to show full names first. In posts, the hover text/tooltip for profile pictures is the full name, but on the “Latest” view page, the hover text for profile pictures is the username. Since we are emphasizing real names and de-emphasizing usernames, I think it makes sense to have the full name always appear as the hover text when the cursor is held over an avatar.
It’s not a big deal, but I thought y’all might want to know about it anyway
In the same vein, when someone is showing full names first, does it also make sense to you guys to show full names in the dropdown menu that appears when you click your profile picture at the top right? That’s not a big deal to me, but if it were an option, I’d probably enable it on my site.
I meant that the changes I made in BasicUserSerializer to support user name will affect more places (where user details are being fetched) other than just showing avatar.
I agree that if names are enabled then avatar title should be full name everywhere instead. Once the above PR is merged I’ll make sure this happens.
