On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 16:52 -0400, Dan Winship wrote:
Matthias Clasen wrote:
> The main dialog
Looks too much like the OS X one, particularly in the way that "Login
Options" is in a place where it doesn't make sense. :)
Yeah. Thats only gimped in anyway, and won't work like that in a real
treeview.
> The Email, Language and Location fields are here because they
are
> frequently useful...
I assume "Location" will tie in in some way with the improved
Location/Time Zone stuff?
You tell us :-) I don't know how much thought Jon has put into this
particular field...
> The password dialog
An alternate UI possibility would be to autogenerate a few passwords of
different strength levels and put them directly in the actions list:
Choose a password now
Choose a password at next login
Use this random password: zintelforb
Use this random password: fas42Br0x
Use this random password: y8Tx$mrA
Allow login without a password
I don't think "Disable this account" belongs in the password dialog,
even though that's how it's implemented underneath.
Unless it is implemented via /usr/bin/nologin...but you have a point.
> We've discussed ways to generate useful hints to go along
with generated
> passwords, including somewhat crazy ideas like computergenerated poetry
> (cf gnoetry).
Hm... how could that work though? Without knowing at least one "secret"
about the user besides their password, how can you autogenerate a hint
that will make sense to them (when they've forgotten their password),
but not make just as much sense to anyone else?
It is a hint that helps you remember your password, not a
challenge/response pair to use instead of your password.
Anyway, I don't think generated hints are very high on the priority list
- it was just an idea that came up during discussion.