gdm login usability

[Jim Cornette]

Will Backman wrote:
> Perhaps this is a gnome-devel issue, not a fedora issue.  In the end, the
> question still stands: Do we belive the Sun study?  Do we work to address
> the issues they raised? (ok, that should be questions still stand...)
> 
> Does GDM currently have the ability to display an OK button?
> 
> 
>>>Not only that, but I _constantly_ do this in GDM:
>>>type in username, <tab> grr... (it inserts a TAB char instead of
>>>moving to the next field).  I had almost kicked myself of this habit,
>>>and then Ximian Desktop 2 fixed that Tab key... but apparently that
>>>change hasn't made out of ximian's version...
>>
>>Try using XD2 when you have a tab in your password
>>
>>


I agree that filtering out certain keystrokes is not a good idea. I 
never thought of using a tab in my password before, but who nows who'd 
use one.

Since the login screen only has one field, I always just pressed enter. 
I never tried to tab, what to?

Adding an additional button to the screen sounds harmless, as long as 
pressing enter still takes you through the process.

It sounds better than ctl-alt-del to login though.

Jim


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