Re: Wifi setting for how to store password is hard to find

On neděle 9. října 2016 19:36:56 CEST Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> On 08.10.2016 19:01, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > El dissabte, 1 d’octubre de 2016, a les 0:36:36 CEST, Albert Astals Cid va
> > 
> > escriure:
> > > Hi, there, i wanted to change how the wifi password is stored (from
> > > 
> > > encrypted to not encrypted so it's available before anyone logs in), but
> > > 
> > > even knowing what i wanted to change i needed to google for it and ended
> > > up
> > > 
> > > in some forum that told me to click on the icon next to the password
> > > field
> > > 
> > > to get a popup menu, i.e.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://i.imgur.com/Szs5BH0.png
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I think that this is quite hard to find (even if it's a relatively
> > > 
> > > "advanced" setting) and given we have enough space in that dialog it
> > > could
> > > 
> > > fit nicely either as a radio group or as a combo button below the
> > > password
> > > 
> > > field.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > what do you think?
> > 
> > Ping?
> 
> Hi Albert,
> sorry for not replying before, it slipped through the cracks.
> 
> You have a point that it's currently not very obvious how to change it. The
> issue is that it's quite technical stuff which might scare people who know
> nothing about it.
> On the other hand, most of those people might never actually see that dialog
> because they just enter their WiFi password through the Plasmoid and are
> done with it.
> Although there would be enough space for a radio group and that would
> require less clicks to change, I'd opt for a combo box in this case because
> it can be ignored by people who don't care about changing it more easily.
> 
> What do you think, Jan?

If you think that this is better for users then I'm more than open to change 
it/implement it, but I also like it the way it is done now, because the UI is 
more clear  and nicer for me, but I agree that it's a bit hard to discover 
those options.

Regards,
Jan