(05-11-2014, 01:51 AM)kinkinkijkin Wrote: You could always force them to enter which build they're using, and then warn them that they're not likely to get support if they're using an old development version, or an old stable. Of course, you'd probably have to make them write it in a certain way, or possibly use something like a checkbox for whether it's a stable or not, followed by a few dropdowns for which version, with a reminder that you can see which version it is on the titlebar.
Parsing and sanitizing string input sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. That would significantly raise the possibility of legitimate people not being able to register - e.g. not formatting the string correctly to our specs, or not understanding what our specs are in the first place, or not knowing which revision you are using, some aren't even using Dolphin yet like people in the HW forum asking for build advice. We had the dropdown discussion a while ago when thinking about hardware verification; for anything with more than a handful of possible options to chose from, it's not going to work (at least not very well). The thing is, we don't want to make registering on the forums akin to applying for a job; we shouldn't have to do background checks and idiot-proof everything, it's just not worth it when we can close the threads with a warning in two seconds if they become a problem...