From: Evan S. <ev...@dr...> - 2006-11-03 19:49:47
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On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Mark Doliner wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:33:39 -0600, Richard Laager wrote >> On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 09:11 -0800, the...@us... >> wrote: >>> If an oscar account is unable to connect because the password is >>> wrong, >>> then set the password to the empty string. This might help address >>> bug 1414151, "Too many steps to be able to re-enter a password." >>> >>> How do people feel about this? We could probably do it for MSN, >>> too. >> >> Are there false positives with this, if for example the server is >> having >> issues? If so, maybe we only want to do this when Remember password >> is NOT checked? > > Maybe--that's why I asked. I trust the oscar servers enough that I > don't > think they would return the "incorrect password" error unless the > password > really is incorrect. I don't know if I would trust the MSN > servers, though. This is how we handle it in Adium, and I've been happy with the results. Users seem to 'get' that when they see the password dialogue again, they probably didn't enter the right password, and they give it another shot. > Only doing this when Remember password is NOT checked is a really > good idea. Would it be possible to offer a chance to input a new password immediately in that situation? -Evan |