Peter Lairo wrote:
> Braden McDaniel wrote:
>
>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter Lairo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "User Profiles should be able to be protected with passwords."
>>>
>>> If you agree with the above statement, please vote for this BUG to be
>>> fixed here:
>>>
>>> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16489
>>>
>>> The person managing this bug (Conrad) has been blocking efforts to
>>> implement this feature.
>>
>> I don't see any evidence of that. No patches are attached to the bug
>> report. *Who* is attempting to implement this?
>>
>> You want a placebo and Conrad thinks it's a bad idea. I agree with him.
>> If someone does create a patch that does as you describe, I hope
>> mozilla.org has the sense to reject it, regardless of how many naive
>> votes you manage to drum up.
>>
>> Braden
>
>
> A placebo that prevents 99% of unintentional or novice snooping is not a
> placebo at all - it is a useful feature.
>
> I would like to know what benefit you have by obstructing this "optional"
> feature. Nobody is forced to use it, and those that would choose to use it
> could be presented with a warning message before activating the feature.
> Why are you so adament about hindering those that want this feature?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Lairo
This was one of the little mentioned features in NS 4.x that was great
for NS when I was helping to administer a computer lab on a Win9x computer.
