Hosted instance: enable persistent demo user(s)

[jcahill]

A shared dummy credential is a small convenience that will go a long way to promote early adoption.

[danbryce]

I think you are looking for a demo user that has some example protocols in their workspace already. We provide a slight variation on this where, we provide examples that any user can upload to create a new protocol. These are in the `examples` directory.

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On Feb 18, 2022, at 6:10 PM, Jeremy Cahill ***@***.***> wrote: A shared dummy credential is a small convenience that will go a long way to promote early adoption. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[jcahill]

I'm thinking simpler: the signup barrier is sufficient to limit early exploration, especially when PAML and PAMLED are being discussed in group calls. This situation just arose today during the Open Auto Club meet: participants couldn't see what the editor does, so it wasn't used at any length.

A demo user whose data is reset, or for whom persistent storage is disabled entirely, greases the wheels.

[danbryce]

Ah, I see. I hadn’t considered that creating a dummy account would be a barrier. Thank you for pointing that out. I think we can do that without out too much trouble. I need to consider the secure way to do this. I agree that it would make the barrier much lower. I will add this to my plans for the next release.

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On Feb 23, 2022, at 1:55 PM, Jeremy Cahill ***@***.***> wrote: I'm thinking simpler: the signup barrier is sufficient to limit early exploration, especially when PAML and PAMLED are being discussed in group calls. This situation just arose today during the Open Auto Club meet: participants couldn't see what the editor does, so it wasn't used at any length. A demo user whose data is reset, or for whom persistent storage is disabled entirely, greases the wheels. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android. You are receiving this because you commented.