[tor-bugs] #16489 [Tor Messenger]: Accounts window UX is not so good

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#16489: Accounts window UX is not so good
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 Reporter:  lunar          |          Owner:
     Type:  defect         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Messenger  |        Version:
 Keywords:                 |  Actual Points:
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 This is probably more of an Instantbird issue, but I feel that the
 “Accounts” window is way too crowded. Right now, for only one account
 configured, I have 9 different buttons for one window. I've circled them
 in red in the attached image to make them more visible.

 = Automatic connections warning =

 I'm not sure why I'm notified that I've disabled automatic connections. I
 have done nothing to it. It's a default Tor Messenger setting, right? So
 maybe this warning should simply be disabled. At least it needs to be
 rephrased.

 Also, why is this warning displayed when all my accounts are currently
 connected?

 The fact that it displays a “dismiss” cross so close to the window manager
 “close” cross is confusing. They look the same and are just blended on the
 same background. (This is GNOME 3.16.2.)

 = Account lines =

 Before negative criticisms, I want to say that I was happy about the
 interactions to authorize an unknown certificate. The blue underlined
 action was visible but not saying “you need to hit me at all cost”. We
 ought to see on more users, but for me it was a good tradeoff.

 The “Connect”/“Disconnect” button seems appropriate. The others, not so
 much. I'm not going to edit the account properties every day once it's
 working, and I'm certainly not gonig to delete it just like that.

 Both options, instead of a button, could probably be in the form of
 smaller actionable images. A gear wheel or something similar for
 “Properties” and a garbage bin for “Delete”.

 For both of these actions I'm going to look for something to do it, so if
 there's small and I have to aim, that's fine. “Connect” should be obvious
 because I should not be required to think too much before talking to my
 peers.

 I don't really understand why the “Sign-in on startup” is here instead of
 in the “Properties”. Is it really something that I want to change even
 more often than anything in the “Properties” window?

 = Delete =

 When you press delete, there's a “Do not ask next time” checkbox in the
 confirmation window. I think it's a misfeature and just add clutter. You
 always want confirmation before loosing contact with people.

 = New account =

 Adding a new account is probably not something that I'm going to do
 everyday. So maybe replacing the button by a smaller “plus sign” would
 also make the window less cluttered.

 = Close =

 Why is there a “Close” button in this window? It seems to be only for the
 “accounts” window. Why can't user rely on their window manager to do it?

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