Public bug reported:
Problem occurs with: unity-greeter 0.0.5-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu Ocelot
Does not occur with: Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution, XChat, or pretty much
anything else
1. Type your password.
What you see: Asterisks. ******
What you should see: Bullets. ••••••
Modern password fields use bullets to minimize the risk that you may get
worried that the characters appearing are the characters you actually
typed. For example, if your password starts with the number 8 or a
capital U.
** Affects: unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: regression-release
** Summary changed:
- Password field uses asterisks
+ Password field uses old-fashioned asterisks
** Description changed:
Problem occurs with: unity-greeter 0.0.5-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu Ocelot
Does not occur with: Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution, XChat, or pretty much
anything else
1. Type your password.
What you see: Asterisks. ******
What you should see: Bullets. ••••••
Modern password fields use bullets to minimize the risk that you may get
worried that the characters appearing are the characters you actually
- typed.
+ typed. For example, if your password starts with the number 8 or a
+ capital U.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834878
Title:
Password field uses old-fashioned asterisks
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/834878/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
