>> If we were to improve this area of configuration, let it be to help
>> the user get their mc settings file set up -- because that is the very
>> best solution to that configuration issue.  A one time thing, and they
>> never have fiddle with mc id's / pw's in any image again.
>
> Maybe, I didn't know about this settings file until you mentioned it a few weeks ago. Is there anything that tells one how to use it at the moment?

No, that's why I was suggesting we try to think of an elegant way to
help users get this set up.  Like maybe Marcel's opening welcome
wizard?  Add a new "Settings" button to the Monticello browser?

> Note that it does not resolve the situation when there is a connection problem not related to configuration, such as an outage.