"Connected accounts" section in user settings is confusing
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The Social sign-in section in user settings displays the available services under the title "Connected Accounts". This can be confusing when a user first starts using GitLab as they will most likely not have any accounts connected yet.
Each service is displayed in the style of a token, with the logo or name of the service on the left and a link to Connect or Disconnect on the right:
This section can get even more confusing if the user connects any SAML services, as those cannot be disconnected and are displayed with a non-interactive Active token:
The copy of this section is also confusing:
Click on icon to activate signin with one of the following services
Proposal
This proposal is taken from the conversation in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5016#note_116038252:
We can start by separating services that have already been connected from those that have not.
That would also give us the opportunity to have a different description for connecting vs. disconnecting:
- Not connected yet:
- Title: "Avaliable services"
- Description: "Click ‘Connect’ to activate sign-in with one of the following services"
- Already connected:
- Title: "Connected accounts"
- Description: "Click ‘Disconnect’ to deactivate sign-in with the services you’ve previously configured"
If there are no services to connect or no accounts have been set up yet, we would replace the description message:
- Available services: "There are no available services to configure"
- Connected accounts: "There are currently no connected accounts"
Some questions to answer
- Should we be looking into a broader redesgin?
- What is working in the current design?
- What is not working?
- What is lacking?