As requested by many of our “regulars,” optional registration is now available for MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews.
What does this mean? Those who register get to reserve their own username that nobody else will be able to use (sorry, spoofers). So, get your name while it lasts! First come, first served. Those who wish to post without registering can continue to do so with whatever name they’d like, but the lack of a “star” symbol after their name denotes that they are not registered.
Directly under “Add Your Feedback” below, you’ll see two new self-explanatory links, “Register” and “Login.”
Register with a real, working email address, so you can receive our confirmation email and be able to click the link contained within to activate your registration. In other words: fake email addresses aren’t going to work.
After you’ve done the quick registration, just login with your username and password and you won’t even need to enter the famous “MDN Magic Word!” You can even choose to “Auto-login on future visits.”
Registration is quick and easy, requiring only the following:
• Username (Must be at least 4 characters long)
• Password (Must be at least 5 characters long)
• Screen Name (Can be 1 or more characters long)
• Email Address (Must to be a real address)
• Agree to the Terms of Service
Entering a URL is optional (actual use TBD in future upgrades)
Whether you decide to register and lock up your very own unique name or not, reader feedback is still open to everyone. Enjoy!
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We will leave this article at the top of the home page for awhile, so that everyone can get a chance to see it.
Whoot! Glad to see it.
And be sure to turn off your notifications. UNless you just love lots of email!
Hey, I just noticed that “Notify Me” comes back on every time. Not good.
I hope nobody spoofs Zune Tang!
Now everything I say can be used against me in a court of law!
Sweet!!!!
ChrissyOne,
Working on the “‘Notify Me’ coming back on every time” issue.
Thanks.
rawk! on!!
Excellent! Now I know who I am.
First 10.5.1, now MDN feels snappier!
Nice, I feel official now!
Good feature.
Wonder who will register the name Steve Jobs?
never thought I’d see the day. I’ll have to increase my posting activity now
testing123
Now all we need is an iPhone/iPod touch formatted version of MDN.
This should have been done years ago. MDN will get more enjoyable to read from now on.
Now no one else can claim to be the DUDE except me!!!
k. done. and logged in too. ain’t we special. heh
I’m going to register with several user names so I can criticize myself for wanting a matte screen iMac, unlocked iPhone and a sub 12″ MacBook!
errr … where’s our account preferences? anybody know?
I’m in as well. Been coming here for what seems like years and years. I don’t post much but now and then I will just have to say my piece.
Hey MDN. You should go through your logs, and make sure nobody but the real ZuneTang can sign up as ZuneTang. I love their posts, especially when the noobs miss the joke.
Love the site. Be cool one and all.
so surprised no one claimed Steve516 before I did. truly amazing!
Very good. Now it will be nice to see only the real ChrissyOne.
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Well, read.
Yipee. Good stuff. Still its nice to see a Windows Troll once in awhile popping in, only to get smashed and squashed like a bug in the end.
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“This should have been done years ago. MDN will get more enjoyable to read from now on.”
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Agreed, although I’d still like these discussions to be forum style with mandatory registration.
I like the way AppleInsider does it, where there is the home page that lists the articles in descending order according to date, butt when you post a comment you are taken to a proper forum..
It’s much easier to identify the most active threads and a whole heck of a lot less trolling over there.