Re: [Usability] Use circles in password field

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:46 -0500, William Jon McCann wrote:
Hi,

What do you think about using 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

I'd like to make this change for gnome-screensaver but I'd like your
opinion before asking the release-team for approval.

Does the HIG address this?

Isn't that already what GDM uses nowadays?

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