[Design] creating new Hub account from the accounts dialog

[Mimi Yin]

I actually think we could do a lightweight first pass at this in a  
way that might save us a lot of work?

Right-side of the Desktop Accounts dialog:
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Sign up for a Chandler Hub account or set up an existing one.

Account type: Chandler Hub Sharing
Description: [ Chandler Hub Sharing ]
Username:
Password:



[Test...]					[Sign up] [Set up] [Cancel]
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We should probably change the pulldown under the Accounts list to:  
Set up new account...

Clicking 'Create New Account' would open up a browser window and take  
you to the 'Sign-up' page with the username and password pre- 
populated. From there, the user can continue to sign up for the  
account in the browser.

I don't know that the whole workflow needs to be contained within the  
Desktop. I think just giving people a foothold to create a new  
account  will go a long way towards drawing users through the workflow.

Mimi

On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Morgen Sagen wrote:

> On 12/13/07, Travis Vachon <travis at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>> Would we really need to persist the name/email address in the desktop
>> client, or could this information only be available during the signup
>> process? Not saving it would allow us to avoid the issue you mention
>> below...
>
> Good point -- if instead another dialog popped up asking the user for
> the extra fields when the account was being created, there is no
> reason to persist them.  That's simplifies things.
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