I don't agree. The users I know all wants to have some sort
of privacy in some of their programs. A password-mechanism
would make these users happy. Of course, you must be able to
bring up the keyboard if you're unsure of some characters.
Having a password field on a Palm forces people to come up with
'easy to draw' passwords instead of 'easy to remember' passwords.
I don't know if this is good or bad :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nesse, Rustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:18 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: RE: #### password Field Resource
>
>
> Sorry about that being utterly and totally scatterbrained...
>
> Basically, I'm saying that security = good, but unusable
> security = bad.
> People change their passwords, they do odd characters...you have
> to anticipate this kind of action. It's one of those support
> headaches
> that go hand in hand with any kind of security. The key is just to
> lessen the chance of the user having problems without sacrificing
> security. You'll get a better market, anyway, if you keep it simple
> and easy for people, like PalmLock was.
>
> -Rus
>
> >Not really. Being able to pop the system boards don't really make
> >your app any more secure. Neither does using Graffiti, really.
> >Basically, it comes down to: Do you want your client to curse your
> >name repeatedly because they keep making Q's instead of O's and they
> >can't tell which letter they're getting wrong? If a person doesn't
> >want people to see what buttons they're pushing, then why not just
> >turn down the contrast? I'm not knocking your app, there's a reason
> >why Palm originally felt it was important to put a security app in
> >there, but usability is a pretty important thing. If you struggle
> >with your password long enough, someone is bound to watch
> your graffiti
> >strokes. I'm just saying that if you block Graffiti and the system
> >keyboard at that screen (by filtering out events) you can use an on
> >screen keyboard (Instead of the alternative, which basically means
> >hacking the system keyboard), and if you want extra keys, just use
> >another form. And I'll assure you, you CAN enter a "real" password
> >and have "real" security. =)
> >
> >-Rus
> >
> >>Are you all telling me to compromise security just because
> >>people don't want
> >>to learn how to do Grafitti? What about making a password of
> >>letters/numbers you actually can remember to get right each time?
> >>
> >
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