[Design] [cosmo] [proposal] [last call] Sign up for an account + adding the currently viewed collection

[Travis Vachon]

>
> Remember, account activation is optional, so this would only solve  
> half the problem (the whole problem for Hub, since it uses account  
> activation). We could have separate logic for the non-account- 
> activation scenario, but that seems overly complicated
>
> 4. Use the preferences system to implement this feature.
>
> We built out a system for storing arbitrary key-value pairs on the  
> server side to implement preferences, couldn't we use this instead  
> of a cookie to implement option 2?
>

Shoot, this actually might not work, since we need to authenticate to  
store preferences. Hmph. I'll keep thinking on this today, but I  
guess this means we need more discussion on this thread.

> The one downside is an extra server call, but we could have the  
> code only check for a pending subscription the first time a user  
> logs in. We already do this to add a default calendar to a user's  
> account, so that would probably be a reasonable location for this  
> logic. This would mean the Web UI performs a check for pending  
> subscriptions any time the user has no calendars, but I think  
> that's a pretty minimal cost.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>>> I believe we had a discussion on the list to see if it was  
>>> necessary to keep the out of the box 'Chandler Hub' calendar. I  
>>> think for now, I don't see much harm to keep a blank calendar for  
>>> the CC users. When we introduce remove, perhaps they would be  
>>> able to remove it from their list?
>>> Any thoughts on this proposal?
>>> -Priscilla
>>
>> I think it's a good idea anyway to give CC users their own empty  
>> calendar in the Web UI. It's a way of encouraging them to try it  
>> out themselves.
>
> +1, especially since there is currently no mechanism for adding  
> calendars.
>
>
> -Travis
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