I agree that if we want these items in 29, they need to be handled by about:accounts (i.e. the extent of the implementation requirements for the client should be "open about:accounts", maybe with a special parameter to indicate context).
Who from the FxA team can comment on the feasibility of that? Gavin On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Mark Hammond <mhamm...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On the most recent mockups there are 2 (somewhat minor) items I'd like > clarification on: On the "Sync Preferences" pane, the "verify" link when the > user is unverified [1], and the "manage" link when the user is verified [2] > > The tl;dr version: For 29 at least, can we arrange for about:accounts to > offer these facilities, and have the "Sync Preferences" pane just open this > when the links are clicked? If not, IMO it will increase the risk of > landing in 29 as the Fxa modules don't currently have the ability to perform > the required actions and (IIUC) we don't have mockups for what "manage" > should do. > > Re verify: > > Currently about:accounts does not show anything special if you are logged > into an unverified account. IMO, this is a bit poor - refreshing the page, > or if the page is reopened by session-restore should, IMO, indicate the > account isn't verified. If you sign-out of the account, then sign back in, > you should also be told about the lack of verification at that point. > > If the above is the intent, then IMO it makes sense that clicking the > "verify" link should just open about:accounts, and have this UI offer the > ability to resend, etc. If we do go this route, the UX mockups call for an > alert telling the user to check their email, but this probably wouldn't be > possible - we'd just let about:accounts display this confirmation too. > > However, if we decide it must not show about:accounts and will cause the > browser take some action which resends the verification mail, I'll need > precise details on exactly what this action is (and probably help from the > fxa team to add this action to the various FxAccounts* modules) > > Re manage: > > The mockups don't seem to have a flow for what happens when this is clicked. > Given this is shown on the Sync Preferences dialog, clicking this link must > allow you to manage the FxAccount itself (eg, change password etc). I'm > somewhat reluctant to build this into the browser chrome given it's purely > about FxAccounts. It seems about:accounts should also offer the ability to > manage the account, and clicking this button would just open about:accounts > - possibly with a custom query string or URL suffix. > > However, if we decide it must show chrome UI, then I'll need the mockups > ASAP, along with help to implement the functions that perform the actions > (eg, changing the password will presumably require new functions to the > various FxAccounts* modules, etc) > > [1] > https://www.dropbox.com/s/juhm1stg6yeaiu5/Desktop%20-%20Preferences%20-%20Sync%20-%20Unverified.png > > [2] > https://www.dropbox.com/s/laz4vreufzm3rhe/Desktop%20-%20Preferences%20-%20Sync%20-%20Signed%20In.png > > Thanks, > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Sync-dev mailing list > Sync-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list Sync-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
