Elegance -- some suggestions for amarok first run

[Marcel Hilzinger]

Am Freitag, 30. Juli 2010 10:52:29 schrieb Myriam Schweingruber:
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> > - kwallet-
> > Second question on amarok start is about kde briefcase. Why will Amarok
> > access my passwords, when I did not even set up any within amarok? So the
> > same suggestion here: just ask the user about kwallet, when he entered
> > some user data for last.fm or whatever. Many users will never do so.
>
> It does not access your passwords, but Amarok loads the last.fm module
> on start which can't be done otherwise for logical reasons: imagine
> the delay every time you switch to another local music item, people
> would complain that Amarok is slow on every item change. Better have a
> delay at start than having a delay each time a new  module needs to be
> loaded.

Please reconsider: If a user chooses to set up kwallet or has already set up 
kwallet otherwise, then amarok will prompt for the kwallet password on each 
startup, even if you are not using last.fm. 

I'm sure, there is a workaround for this problem without having to disable the 
last.fm plugin. Maybe something like: as long as there is no user data 
entered, store an (empty) account in clean text.

Possible quick solution: tell the user, that the last.fm module is asking for 
the password input, so (s)he knows which module has to be disabled to get rid 
of the kwallet prompt.



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