Re: [Usability] Use circles in password field

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:46 -0500, William Jon McCann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What do you think about using a black circle as the "invisible" 
> character in password fields instead of an asterisk [1]?  OS X and XP 
> both do this.
> 
> Besides that I think it has some advantages.
> 
>    * It is cleaner (no edges)
>    * It is easier to see (for a11y and on LCD screens in sunlight)
>    * It isn't a character that is commonplace on most keyboards
> 
> I'd like to make this change for gnome-screensaver but I'd like your 
> opinion before asking the release-team for approval.
> 
> Does the HIG address this?

Isn't that already what GDM uses nowadays?

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