Use of Display Names in icon hover text

[mirthalia]

Title:
Use of Display Names in icon hover text

Area:
Icons

Summary:
That the username display in an icon's hover text be changed to the user's display name instead.

Description:
We already know the username on a comment due to it always being included in a comment's header, so it seems silly to have that information reiterated when we could have the user's display name instead, especially when the display name can often be more helpful. (I know <i>I</i> continually forget which people go with which username, at least.)

I know this is particularly noted among roleplayers, some of whom employ an (admittedly awkward) script to apply a display name hover to the username link itself.

I also know that part of the reason it's not currently implemented is because display names can be stupidly long. I personally suggest shortening the allowed max length for display names, but that's probably best discussed as a separate issue (?). I would like to note, however, that a lot of people use the display names for content that should rightfully go in the journal title, and discouraging that kind of behaviour would be a plus in my book.

Poll #8424 Use of Display Names in icon hover text

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 145

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Should be implemented as-is.
92 (63.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
12 (8.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
17 (11.7%)

(I have no opinion)
23 (15.9%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (0.7%)

Comments

[susanreads]

I'd say yes to this if not for the length problem. How about putting them in the hover menu? There's a lot more room there. (Then we need to make the hover menu accessible somehow ...)