Re: [Gaim-devel] forbidding @ sign in Jabber Screen name field (was: Add Account Wizard)

[Mark D. <ma...@ki...>]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:08:14 +0000 (UTC), Jason Spiro wrote
> Months ago, Graham Cole <chckens <at> sucs.org> wrote:
> > Ethan Blanton wrote:
> > > Jason Spiro spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > >   
> > >> I thought I remembered correctly in the Basic tab of the account
> > >> settings dialog. I typed in jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com and tried the
> > >> server gmail.com and talk.google.com and neither one worked.
> > > You should have tried a Screen name of jasonspiro4 and a Server of
> > > gmail.com.  You would have to change nothing else (if I am remembering
> > > correctly) to get connected to Google Talk.
> > Is there any excuse for even allowing a user to type username <at> domain 
> > into the Screen name box on Jabber? I remember using one client (could 
> > well be Gajim) which automatically switched focus to the second box when 
> > an " <at> " is typed (making it really obvious what's expected).
> > 
> > Without looking at the Advanced options, one might easily assume that 
> > "Server" is actually the connect server, hence still needing the domain 
> > in the screen name box.
> [snip]
> 
> I like your idea of forbidding users from typing an @ sign in the 
> Screen name box. On MSN, @ signs are important in the Screen Name 
> field, so Jabber newbies may assume they are important for Jabber 
> too. If I file a feature request requesting that your feature be 
> implemented, is it likely to succeed?

I like the idea of switching focus to the server box when the user types an
'@'.  It would of course have to be done in a protocol-independent way.  You
could probably accomplish it using the data that's currently set in
GaimPluginProtocolInfo->user_splits

-Mark