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[Stephen Lyons <slysven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that the use case is very small - once per character per player
on some MUDs, on the other hand it is one that a new user is very likely
to encounter the first time they try to use Mudlet - so it could
disproportionally weight more heavily on a user friendliness evaluation.

I think a quick fix would be to review/emend the tool-tips/help for that
part of the connection profile dialogue.

** Changed in: mudlet
       Status: New => Opinion

** Changed in: mudlet
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: mudlet
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Stephen Lyons (slysven)

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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:
  Opinion

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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