Would many people actually enter registration data for a game they haven't registered on? Seems a bit silly to do - not convinced this is something we should compensate for at the expense of UI clutter.
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 2:25 pm Stephen Lyons <slys...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Public bug reported: > > When creating a new character on a MUD server one usually has to go > through a one-off process where automatically sending the character name > and a password shortly after a successful connection is NOT the best > course of action. > > Perhaps it would be useful to have a checkbox near the name / password > boxes on the "connection profiles" dialog with the name/purpose "Do NOT > send these details automatically on connection THIS time" with a tooltip > along the lines of: "If this is a new character that does not already > exist on the Mud Server you choose you will likely have to go through a > character creation stage, normally Mudlet would send the character name > and password as soon as a connection is made but clicking this box will > mean that it does not this time so that you can perform the steps > necessary when you click connect. The checkbox will be cleared so that > the next time you connect your character can be ready for you to play as > soon as possible - as long as you set the same name and password on the > Server to be what you have stored here." > > I would suggest that this checkbox gets set if Mudlet has to create the > directory to store the profile which I think will cover both the cases > where a "templated" predefined Mud profile is chosen and where one is > created with the new or copy buttons. > > I would rate this as a "Wishlist" item at this stage but I feel it would > enhance the new user experience compared to the case where they enter a > character name and password for a Mud they have never played before and > wonder why they have problems and see their carefully entered password > splashed straight up on to the console. (That happening in other > circumstances is a whole different issue...!) > > ** Affects: mudlet > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mudlet > Makers, which is subscribed to Mudlet. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490813 > > Title: > Auto sending of Name/Password should be disable-able (so does NOT > happen for new character) > > Status in Mudlet: > New > > Bug description: > When creating a new character on a MUD server one usually has to go > through a one-off process where automatically sending the character > name and a password shortly after a successful connection is NOT the > best course of action. > > Perhaps it would be useful to have a checkbox near the name / password > boxes on the "connection profiles" dialog with the name/purpose "Do > NOT send these details automatically on connection THIS time" with a > tooltip along the lines of: "If this is a new character that does not > already exist on the Mud Server you choose you will likely have to go > through a character creation stage, normally Mudlet would send the > character name and password as soon as a connection is made but > clicking this box will mean that it does not this time so that you can > perform the steps necessary when you click connect. The checkbox will > be cleared so that the next time you connect your character can be > ready for you to play as soon as possible - as long as you set the > same name and password on the Server to be what you have stored here." > > I would suggest that this checkbox gets set if Mudlet has to create > the directory to store the profile which I think will cover both the > cases where a "templated" predefined Mud profile is chosen and where > one is created with the new or copy buttons. > > I would rate this as a "Wishlist" item at this stage but I feel it > would enhance the new user experience compared to the case where they > enter a character name and password for a Mud they have never played > before and wonder why they have problems and see their carefully > entered password splashed straight up on to the console. (That > happening in other circumstances is a whole different issue...!) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/mudlet/+bug/1490813/+subscriptions > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mudlet-makers > Post to : mudlet-makers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mudlet-makers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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