update dynamically

indeed. i think this is worthy of core with this change. for UI, not how drupal6 handles the password strength feedback.

This would be great if the system checks for new user names when the user has typed in more than the minimum number of letters for a user name and the user has paused typing for more than 3 to 5 seconds .

We implemented it just like on Google :) but I think that we will add this feature. There will be a setting to choose the way it behaves: button or automatic check. I personally don't like when something is happened automatically :)

This sounds great, any progress on it?
--Josef

Needed similar functionality so I did a quick mod/hack of the js file. Replace all the code in username_check.js with:

if (Drupal.jsEnabled) {
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#edit-name").bind("blur", function() {
      var username = $("input[@id='edit-name']").val();
      $.getJSON(Drupal.settings.username_check.ajaxUrl,
        {username: username},
         function (data) {
           var message = $("div[@id='username-message']");
           message.html(data.msg);
           message.removeClass('username-message-progress');
           if(data.exists === true){
              message.removeClass('username-accepted');
              message.addClass('username-rejected');
           }
           else{
              message.removeClass('username-rejected');
              message.addClass('username-accepted');
           }
           message.show();
         });
      return false;
    });
    
    $("div[@class='username-message']").ajaxStart(function(){
      $(this).html(Drupal.settings.username_check.msgWait);
      $(this).removeClass('username-accepted');
      $(this).removeClass('username-rejected');
      $(this).addClass('username-message-progress');
      $(this).show();
    });


    $("div[@class='username-message']").hide();
  });
}

Enjoy !

Neil

Thanks Neil, that works nicely.

Thank you guys for all work you did. We have ported this module to Drupal 6 and added features you proposed to both Drupal 5 and 6. Releases will be ready soon. Please download it and test.