Setup Wizard #4273
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leon-richardt
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Setup Wizard
#4273
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I'd like for a possible setup wizard to ask for login, as it seems like the first thing one should do with a chat app. Forcing the user to login is a bad decision. We need to find a balance, probably only suggesting login. Here is another idea, what if we had some kind of presets for defaults like: streamer - disable "Show unlisted 7TV emotes", set streamer mode to auto, and so on. |
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Maybe we should also consider adding options to just pick an image uploader |
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Introduction
Discoverability of features and the design of settings has been a long-standing pain point of Chatterino (cf. #1956 and links therein). Currently, Chatterino sets up reasonable default values for every setting, for some definition of "reasonable". However, what is considered reasonable by some may be considered unintuitive for others and lead to frustration when the expected behavior is not the default but buried deep inside the Settings page. Even worse, the setting one would need to change may only be described by confusing language inaccessible to non-expert users of the software.
I am advocating for a setup wizard that guides users through first installation and helps them set up important settings. (For some definition of "important" ...) That way, we would help make clear which settings we consider important instead of letting users wade through the Settings page on their own. In the wizard, we could use more space to explain what effect a setting has and provide justification for what we consider a reasonable default.
Important Settings
What is considered an important setting may certainly be up to debate. Nonetheless, I believe there is some set of settings most contributors can agree on. This Discussion can serve as a place to suggest and discuss settings for inclusion in the setup wizard. Let me start with an initial list, sorted by sections in the Settings page.
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