[Pidgin] #6823: Possible to open multiple "Add Account" windows

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#6823: Possible to open multiple "Add Account" windows
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 Reporter:  mpt     |        Owner:              
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:          |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.4.3   |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment(by mpt):

 Can you give a realistic example of why someone would want to compare
 details of multiple accounts?

 Clicking the Add button multiple times could indeed save time, maybe
 1000~2000 ms per account (as long as none of the "Add Account" windows
 obscured the button). But preventing errors ''is'' a useful purpose, and
 safety is one aspect of a system's usability, like efficiency is. Since
 setting up an account is something people seldom do, I think safety might
 outweigh efficiency here.

 Unfortunately some people have been led, by double-clicking on icons, to
 think they need to double-click on other controls too. (I've observed this
 at Internet cafes, but don't have any figures on how widespread it is.)
 And even people who don't have have this problem can click twice
 accidentally, whether because of mode error (whoops, forgot that a button
 is one of the things that needs only one click), or a dodgy microswitch in
 their mouse, or a temporarily-crawling computer that didn't respond quite
 quickly enough to the first click.

 Once that happens, the person can end up with two "Add Account" windows
 without realizing, fill in the second, then be frustrated by the window
 apparently deleting all the information they had entered (because they are
 now looking at the first window without realizing), enter all their
 information again, then be further confused as to why they get a "1
 account was disabled because you signed on from another location" error.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6823#comment:2>
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