Keyring password

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:40:15AM +0000, (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo wrote:
> Olá Matt e a todos.
> 
> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 13:21:30 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Can you agree that the following user experience is not ideal?
> <snip> 
> > 5. Ubuntu asks them for a new password they have never heard of
> > Is there something else we could do to improve it, which would be better than what was suggested?
> 
> Again based on my FOSS  classes, users pretty much always question me about this, after setting up WiFi or the VPN.
> 
> From my POV this looks as another case of Education.
> Better wording, a link Help local file (yelp) explaining *what* keyring is, would[1] improve this.
> 
> [1] yes this is theory, in reality at this point the user just wants to use the network, so the more popups or delays we input will just frustrate the user, and they will eventually leave a blank and insecure password

I disagree; this is not a documentation issue.  The user should not need to
know or care about the keyring.  It should be essentially invisible to them,
just as it is in the normal (non-autologin) case.

-- 
 - mdz