Autor: intrigeri Data: Dla: Tails user experience & user interface design Temat: Re: [Tails-ux] Hide internal drives when no admin password has been
entered
Peter N. Glaskowsky wrote (27 Jun 2015 21:18:41 GMT) : >> On Jun 27, 2015, at 09:27, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>>
>> So, if instead of displaying a password prompt, we could display a
>> message explaining that this feature is not available unless you set up
>> an administration password when starting Tails (and this for security
>> reasons), then I would be in favor of "learnability" and not
>> "consistency". This would:
>>
>> - Allow learnability for real
>> - Fix this problem for all administration tasks
>> - Match the mental model of advanced users
>>
>> Does this make sense? > Yes, I think so. I have the same issue with the admin password prompt. It should make
> it clear that the user must "create" or "define" a new temporary password to enable
> admin features.
It does make sense to me. Now, I've no idea how doable this is in
practice: I guess it requires configuring PolicyKit to display
a different message.
Assuming we got a consensus on this, may someone please update the
ticket accordingly, and flag it as a Research work?
