1985707 - account hub: doesn't display authentication method

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect, P2)

Description

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Account hub doesn't show which authentication method you'll be using. It wrongfully shows connection security as authentication method though (bug 1985227).
The actual authentication method you'll be using is not shown. It should show that (e.g. OAuth2, NTML, Normal Password..)

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Found while investigating why hotmail.com account hub didn't work in v142, I'm still not sure, the UI fails complaining about auth failure - now I don't know what auth method it was doing at that time. Which is to say, this information is essential for very basic troubleshooting situations. Sometime the information we have is also slightly incorrect, and the user needs to know what we were using so they can try another option.

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Attachment: Bug 1985707 - account hub: doesn't display authentication method. r=vineet

Comment 3

[LaurelT]

Attachment: Redundancy potential solve

Proposed design solution for this

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Looks fairly ok, even if it seems like a bit of over complication.
The fields would need to go on their own rows though, as there is not necessarily enough space.
The fields also need the real labels "Connection security" and "Authentication method".

Comment 5

[Kevin Lamping]

Attachment: Bug 1985707 - account hub: doesn't display authentication method. r=#thunderbird-front-end-reviewers

Addition of 'Authentication' field, alongside with some design updates to re-organize the UI of the config section.

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/607b78d8dcd2
account hub: doesn't display authentication method. r=aleca,rtaylor,vineet