2013-04-10, 16:23
Hi,
This is a continuation of the discussion on github. To avoid spamming all the XBMC devs we continue here.
Set autologin profile via the GUI
For those who want to test, this is the current implementation that is available in the nightlies:
"Most recent" will be replaced by "Last used profile" to make it more clear which profile will be used for automatically logging in. "Most recent" is regarded as not obvious what is meant by it. This is the current behaviour in Frodo when the login screen is disabled.
In this window the profile to use for auto login is selected. This solution is regarded as clunky and we're looking for a better way. Also here, the "Most recent" will be replaced by "Last used profile".
Here the login screen is enabled. The Auto login field is disabled (grayed out).
Note: I found a bug which I will investigate as it hinders my testing. When you delete the active profile, XBMC says bye, bye. Not caused by the PR, but was already in apparently. Besides, a daytime job hinders as well
I would actually suggest to remove the possibility to remove the active profile. Seems kind of odd that this is currently possible.
This is a continuation of the discussion on github. To avoid spamming all the XBMC devs we continue here.
Set autologin profile via the GUI
For those who want to test, this is the current implementation that is available in the nightlies:
"Most recent" will be replaced by "Last used profile" to make it more clear which profile will be used for automatically logging in. "Most recent" is regarded as not obvious what is meant by it. This is the current behaviour in Frodo when the login screen is disabled.
In this window the profile to use for auto login is selected. This solution is regarded as clunky and we're looking for a better way. Also here, the "Most recent" will be replaced by "Last used profile".
Here the login screen is enabled. The Auto login field is disabled (grayed out).
da-anda Wrote:ah, now I get it. Right. Login screen ofc disables autologin - but I don't think it's very userfriendly this way as it's not very obvious (at least it wasn't to me). As you can only have either login screen or autologin I'd combine them somehow, but I don't have a good solution for it yet.
On a quick thought though:
But as said - just a quick thought. Maybe we should discuss it on the forum?Code:.
have two items in the left menu
one to manage/list accounts
one to config "login mode" (not sure how to name it)
manage screen will be as is
in the "config" screen have these options
login mode: (select box or something)
login screen
autologin last used profile
autologin selected profile
profile for autologin: foo
edit: a little off topic, but how about moving the profiles to "settings"? It's a bit odd that they are separate.
Note: I found a bug which I will investigate as it hinders my testing. When you delete the active profile, XBMC says bye, bye. Not caused by the PR, but was already in apparently. Besides, a daytime job hinders as well
I would actually suggest to remove the possibility to remove the active profile. Seems kind of odd that this is currently possible.