On 25/02/13 20:21, Runa A. Sandvik wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:03 PM, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
>> Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
>> Runa A. Sandvik wrote (04 Feb 2013 15:12:51 GMT) :
>>> - A few users seemed confused when Pidgin automatically connected to
>>> IRC.
>>
>> Interesting. Any idea if these confused users had any previous
>> experience with IM (like: knowing that the first thing you generally
>> have to do is setup an account), and maybe with IRC in particular?
>
> They did not have any previous experience with IRC, not sure about IM
> in general (my bet is they are used to the in-browser-chat
> functionality you see on Gmail and Facebook).
>
>>> I wonder if it would be better to have that disabled by default,
>>> and instead take users through the process of setting up their own
>>> accounts.
>>
>> I'm personally a bit torn on that one.
>>
>> On the one hand, I think it should be kept as straightforward as
>> possible to boot Tails, start Pidgin, and go get some support on IRC,
>> so I'm wary of any additional required steps.
>>
>> On the other hand, I understand there's some potential for confusion,
>> and I find it tempting to disable the auto-generated profiles by
>> default and document how to enable them or create one's own account.
>
> I think this would be good, but I can also see how having it enabled
> by default would be useful.
I could be in favor of disabling the IRC account by default and
explaining how to enable it in:
1. Help & Support → Get in touch with us → Chat
2. Documentation → Connect to the Internet anonymously → Chatting
with Pidgin & OTR
