Hi Federico, If I can have a word on this:
The big circle is wider than most characters. Compare the following 3 patterns: (10 chars, monospace) ●●●●●●●●●● •••••••••• 1234567890 When people type in a password they don't expect it to look much longer than what has been typed, right? Regards, Yu On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 20:07 -0600, Federico Mena Quintero wrote: > Fedora has a (currently unapplied?) patch in its gtk2 package which > changes GtkEntry's invisible-char defualt from "*" to "•" (Unicode > 0x2022 BULLET). > > openSUSE has a patch that changes the invisible-char to "●" (Unicode > 0x25CF BLACK CIRCLE). > > I'm arguing for committing openSUSE's patch based on the following > unquestionable criteria: > > * The circle is bigger. This goes hand in hand with Christopher > Alexander's "Nature of Order" principles of Strong Centers, Good Shape, > and Contrast. > > * The circle is fatter. We should have a no-discrimination policy > against Unicode glyphs with an above-average body mass index, I mean, > the ink-to-area ratio. > > * The circle is BIGGER. Size does matter, you know. > > * I started the bikeshed. > > Really, it doesn't make sense to carry around patches like these :) OK > to commit? > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-devel-list mailing list > gtk-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list