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[Vadim Peretokin <vperetokin@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <slysven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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> 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...!)
>
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