J. Greenlees a �crit:
Pixel wrote:
Christophe Combelles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
[...]
Either : Add the string "(not recommended)" just after the string "do
you want
to use this feature", to give the good advice,
Or better : replace the two buttons "YES" and "NO" with two radio
buttons
"yes" and "no". The radion button enabled by default should be "no".
And add a
standard "next" button.
So the user which does not understand this feature will just click on
"next"
and won't have this feature enabled, which is a good choice.
i agree the ergonomics of this box is no good.
but i do not agree this is that unsafe.
i'd agree to add "(not recommended)" iff the user has a
password-secured bootloader. and in that case, it's even better not to
propose autologin :)
for people new to linux from windows, the automatic login is what
windows gives them.
Not since people are discovering multiuser with 2000/XP (at last)
So, as a summary :
automatic logon is for "single user at home"
manual logon is for every other case : several users
So I post a modified version of my suggested UI :
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I can set up your computer to automatically logon a user...
Do you want to use this feature ?
(x) no (default for most cases)
( ) yes (useful for single user at home)
user : [(v) user1 ]
desktop : [(v) KDE ]
[<- back ] [ next ->]
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for single user home use it may not be as much a risk, which is where
linux will have to get people from windows to expand user base.
would definitely put a "not recommended for business/company/corporate
computers" tag in. though most network admins should know that anyway.
been discussing in a forum about linux/ windows, most windows users
won't switch until point and click ui is all they have to deal with.
maybe a single cd version set up for complete new users that gives them
the mushroom treatment windows users are used to from ms. no options to
speak of during install, no choice in ui, and set to runlevel 5 after
install with automatic login. this would allow un-informed windows users
to check Mandrake out in a way they are used to being treated. ;)
(though I would recommend against completely removing their windows
partitions during the install, even though windows would demand that any
other partitions be rebuilt.
