* Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@TMF-Group.com> [Nov 12. 2009 17:34]:

Hello Yast-Hackers.

11.2 has hit the virtual shelves and this of course gives us all the freedom to hack on whatever we feel like hacking on. And of course, before every hack comes the idea (and sometimes the discussion).

So let me just throw an idea in the room, which some might like, some might not.

I'd propose a change in the installation workflow, when creating users, mainly assigning a password. At this stage, you enter the Full name, requested username and the user's password. Once you click NEXT the system is checking the strength of the password and let's you know (sometimes in 2 dialog boxes) if you're sure that you want to use the password.

Whenever I observe users, I see them straight clicking through. Typically, a computer that asks something has to be answered with 'YES'.

On the other hand, I observed users choosing their password on some websites, which use a 'strength meter' for the password. Every letter you type makes the meter go up, showing the strength. Surprisingly enough, as there is a live visual feedback, users more often try to twek their password (according the 'explanation' given around the strength meter) in order to achieve a 'green' strength meter, or at least getting to the yellow bars.

After googling a bit, in order to give some visualization for you fellow readers, I can offer you: http://ui-patterns.com/userset/39/image/553#focus

What does everybody think about such an enhancement? (yes, of course I can file it in fate... but it's useless to file if everybody just jumps and yells NOOO!!!).

I'd say: perfect, esp. for WebYaST ! If you don't file the FATE entry, I will ;-) Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org