[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:
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Comment (by aleth-instantbird):

 Thanks for the detailed feedback!

 >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.

 The pref Tor messenger has flipped is
 accountsManager.notification.userDisabled. As the name says, the current
 code assumes that this is due to user action, so you should consider
 either modifying the code to provide an alternative pref/string for the
 case where it's disabled by default (please file a bug on bugzilla if so)
 or patch this in Tor messenger.

 The point is that for Instantbird users, the account manager will not show
 up on startup by default (instead, the desired accounts will automatically
 connect), so if it does (because the pref was flipped) that requires some
 explanation.

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

 I'm not sure what the steps to reproduce are for this. If the warning is
 still displayed if you open the account manager when the program is
 already running, then that sounds like a bug which should be filed. If
 it's just there because you never dismissed the warning in the window,
 that seems less of an issue.

 > 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.

 I'm not sure you will have noticed based on your screenshot as you have
 only one account, but all the extra buttons only appear for the *selected*
 account, so the number of buttons isn't quite so excessive ;)

 > 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?

 For Tor messenger with automatic connections on startup disabled, it does
 seem this checkbox isn't useful. If you'd like to file a bug to hide it if
 an appropriate pref is set (see above), that would be OK.

 > 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?

 Afaik it's useful on Windows. It could be hidden on other OS. Filed as
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1187281

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