Comment 85 for bug 382703

Max makes a great point. People are known by their personal names. In the example, Joe’s friends know him as ‘Joe’. Almost no one would call him ‘Joe Blogg’, and absolutely no one would call him ‘jblogg’—except, oddly, his computer. That is not humane. What Joe should see is his personal name. If, however, there are more than one Joes registered on the system, it should display his full name (or perhaps just ‘Joe B.’). Finally, only if Joe has not given the system his name should it display his username.

A similar point can be made for the Me Menu. It lacks an option to display only one’s first name (which should be the default).