Enable sending PMs to OpenID display names

[sky]

Title:
Enable sending PMs to OpenID display names

Area:
inbox

Summary:
Currently OpenIDs can only receive PMs sent to their ext_12345 system names. It would be nice to be able to send PMs to their normally-displayed names.

Description:
Today I was corresponding via PM with an OpenID user. The OpenID user had no problem sending me a private message, but when I clicked Reply in my inbox, typed up my message and went to send, the system told me that this other user's x.livejournal.com OpenID name -- which was what the system had inserted in the recipient field *for* me when I hit reply -- was not a valid username. To reply to the PM I had to go look around the user's profile page until I was able to figure out their ext_ system name, which was not exactly an intuitive process. Since Dreamwidth goes out of its way not to make users deal with the ext_ names whenever it can be avoided, it would be nice if we could also send PMs to OpenID folk via their regular display names.

Poll #1597 Enable sending PMs to OpenID display names

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 42

View Respondents

This suggestion:

View Answers

Should be implemented as-is.
39 (92.9%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (2.4%)

(I have no opinion)
2 (4.8%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)