[kde-guidelines] Password Field

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday, December 6, 2013 14:58:32 Björn Balazs wrote:
> Actually I am not such a big fan of the double entry security myself. If I
> should have switched e.g. Caps Lock on, the two passwords are actually the
> same - even though I won't be able to enter the password the next time
> correctly.

that’s a really good point.

hell i’ve managed to mistype a password the same way twice before :P

> What do you think - would we still need the double entry of a NEW password,
> when we can choose to show the password inline?

probably not, though typos can still make it in. would need testing over time, 
but i like the idea of the “just show me my damn password” :)

> This was actually the start for my thoughts. When designing on the
> networkmanager, this horrible 'show the password' line simply gets in the
> way all of the time :) - so a more compact solution would be great.

+100

> > > The coffee shop next door uses a whole, less meaningful sentence as
> > > password. Something like 'diekuhliefumdenteichundfieldannrein'. Would be
> > > hard to make sure that it was typed right when I see the last letter
> > > only.
> > > And it couldn't get validated by the waitress.
> > 
> > "i like Björn’s suggestion of something in the line itself."
> 
> Kai Uwe pointed me to the fact that Windows 8 is using something like that,
> e.g. [1].
> 
> I am really not sure whether we need this 'show last digit' thing -  I would
> like to hear other opinions about it.

imho, it should be sth we add only if it turns out to be actually needed.

> simply suggest to keep the last setting and hence have no configuration.
> There is not a lot of potential harm, because (at least if I look at the
> screen) I immediately see whether the password is shown or not. I can then
> easily toggle the state.

true; that would at least be a reasonable starting point and we can complexify 
from there if and only if needed.

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Aaron J. Seigo