Le mercredi 22 février 2006 à 09:27 -0500, William Jon McCann a écrit : > Hi, > > I'd like to make gnome-screensaver use 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 > > The usability list seems to support this and some are surprised that we > aren't using this already.
Just a small note (even if it has been approved): what happens if the font does not have the glyph for this character? I believe this is the reason we're still using asterisks by default... Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
