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arj03 / ssb-browser-demo

A secure scuttlebutt client interface running in the browser
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Onboarding improvements #70

Closed KyleMaas closed 3 years ago

KyleMaas commented 3 years ago

Instead of having two hardcoded connection defaults (the pub and room) buried in the Connections screen's code, this moves those defaults to the default preferences file. Additionally, it gives them friendly names on the Connections screen (so people know what they're connecting to and that the two are different), gives them easy-to-use Connect buttons, and removes them from the "Possible connections" list once you've connected to them. Changing the add type dropdown on the form no longer resets the box's contents, which means if you paste an invite into the box before remembering to use the dropdown, you don't have to paste it again.

This also adds a new single-use onboarding GUI to make it easier for new users to get started. It only pops up if the app was started without a key (so, first time it's used) and allows the user to choose a name, type a bio, check checkboxes for which of the default connections to add, and adds a few suggested profiles to follow.

arj03 commented 3 years ago

Overall I think this looks fantastic, I'm a little wary of adding specific feeds as suggested, but I think for now this might be fine. Going to merge and test it :)

arj03 commented 3 years ago

Overall this looks nice, but on my screen I can't see the button as the bottom (needs a scroll it seems) so not able to test this :-)

KyleMaas commented 3 years ago

See #77

arj03 commented 3 years ago

@KyleMaas I ran this on a larger screen now and it synced. Amazon how smooth this process is. Thank you!

KyleMaas commented 3 years ago

Thanks! Glad you like it. I still don't like how you have to manually refresh the Public tab when it goes from a state of "no messages yet" to "now we've downloaded messages", but that's an improvement that really, really has to be implemented correctly or not at all. Pages jumping around while you're looking at them can be a maddening problem.