Re: [Usability] Confusion between Wi-Fi access point passwords and keyring passwords

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Op zondag 13-12-2009 om 17:47 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Jason Spiro:

> "I’ve watched folks retype the wifi access point password as their keyring
> password *many* times. The dialogs aren’t visually different enough for most
> folks because usually when you are connecting to a wifi access point you are in
> hurry. (At a conference, meeting, wherever… trying to check your damn email to
> download that file you need for the presentation in ten minutes)."
> 
> I don't use Wi-Fi in Linux, so I've never run into the issue that Shawn
> reported.  Does the issue still exist now, in 2009?  What are some possible
> solutions?

One might ask why someone would need to store the wifi password at all,
when in a hurry at a conference. Perhaps a "Skip this step" / "Ask me
later" button would be useful in the first-time keyring dialog.

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Reinout van Schouwen