small usability change
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It might be more intuitive and faster to ask the user FIRST for the hostname, and then for a name for the connection, so that the hostname could optionally be used as the name. Most people don't care about the connection's name and would happily re-use the server/hostname if possible (i.e. provide an option to reuse the hostname, possibly by default: could be marked/highlighted, so that typing would immediately delete the preconfigured choice), this would save some typing, so simply provide a way to the user to use (copy/paste) the hostname into the name field, so that the user can optionally edit it. This will easily save some time and most users would appreciate it.
I agree that typing on a smart phone should be considered tedious and that thus, typing should optionally be minimized, therefore I would like to propose a related suggestion: providing an option to retain a list of previously used login names for any stored server profile, so that the user can easily pick from such a list (combo box) instead of inevitably having to type the login name each type.