User preferences should have "system default" value
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Description
A bunch of user settings (e.g. notify me on X, email me on Y, user language, etc) do not have an option for "no setting". That is, if the system language is en-GB, then the user language is set to en-GB if the user's settings don't explicitly set userLang at all.
Let's take user language as an example, this causes confusion because:
- If the system language changes, then the user language changes as well. However, this isn't indicated in user settings, as the option reads
en-GB, and the user expectation is that even if the system language changes, it should stay asen-GB. - If the user wants to "remove" their setting and go back to system default, there is no way to do so.
Suggestion:
- Add a "system default" option to any user settings that have corresponding settings in the ACP. If this option is set (that is, value is
''orundefined), then take the ACP-set value or a hardcoded default otherwise.
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Research direction
Start by inventorying the user settings described in the issue and their corresponding ACP settings, beginning with user language. Trace how unset or empty values are currently resolved, then define the scope for adding a system-default option across those settings. Done means users can distinguish an inherited value from an explicit one and return to the system default.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100