Re: ftp and Nautilus

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 11:19, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:53:35PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> 
> > I'd be more in favour to expect a "username ftpsite" uri from users who
> > want to log on a ftp server which accepts both anonymous and non
> > anonymous logins. This could also be exposed in a more discoverable way
> > in "network locations"
> 
> Mmh. Allthough I consider myself as a poweruser, it never occured to 
> me that password/username can be put into a ftp uri, allthough I know 
> that from http. Only thanks to Nautilus do I finaly know about it ...
> 
> And in most cases a user will be given a plain ftp uri. Putting 
> username/password into it is a somewhat advanced editing task. 
> Inserting username/password in a dialog is so much nicer.
> 
> 
> About anonymous/non-anonymous login:
> How about the 2 unavoidable textfields and 3 buttons:
> - Cancel
> - Anonymous Login
> - Login
> 
> Login would be disabled until there's something in the textfields.
> The layout should communicate that Login and the textfields are 
> closely related.
> 
> I think 3 buttons are the only solution to offer all possibilities 
> with the least amount of clicking required.

How about a dialog like this:

   [ ] Server requires username and password:
       Username: __________
       Password: __________
                              [ Cancel] [ Login ]

If the "Server requires username and password" is unchecked, then the
username and password fields are insensitive.

--
Shaun