Facebook supports username log-in
After opening up registration for vanity URLs/usernames this summer, Facebook has started to allow users to log in to the site with them instead of the traditional e-mail log-in.
We knew that Facebook had bigger plans for vanity URLs/usernames when it opened them up for registration this summer.
The popular bet was that it would create a mention/reply system similar to Twitter's @replies. That was shot down this week when Facebook launched its mentions system, which uses real names. But on Thursday, Facebook started letting users log in with their usernames.
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Facebook Blog)
This might not seem like a big deal at first glance since most Web sites use username log-in. But this is a time saver, compared with typing in your full e-mail address every time. I still suspect that we will see our Facebook usernames being used for more things in the future, though it's unclear what those things may be.
