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Bug 737198 - Captive Authentication is a term many users won't understand
Captive Authentication is a term many users won't understand
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-09-23 16:53 UTC by Ryan Lerch
Modified: 2014-11-07 09:10 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
portalHelper: Change user facing name to "Network Login" (975 bytes, patch)
2014-09-23 18:04 UTC, Elad Alfassa 		committed Details | Review

Description Ryan Lerch 2014-09-23 16:53:09 UTC 
The new captive auth feature in gnome shell puts "Captive Authentication" as the app title in the gmenu up near the Activities button. 

However many users wont know what captive auth is, and this title may be both confusing and worrying -- i.e. what authentication is being captured?

A more descriptive and less negative title could be "Network Login" -- initally "Wifi Login" was a thought, but captive auth sometimes also happens over wired, so "Network Login" works well IMHO.
Comment 1 Elad Alfassa 2014-09-23 17:30:23 UTC 
I can't find the string "Captive Authentication" anywhere in the gnome-shell codebase. 

According to data/org.gnome.Shell.PortalHelper.desktop.in the string you should be seeing is "Captive Portal" and not "Captive Authentication".

Is "Captive Portal" considered a confusing term as well?
Comment 2 Ryan Lerch 2014-09-23 17:43:23 UTC 
Sorry, must have messed up there -- yeah it is showing "Captive Portal" on my end too.

And yes, i still think that "captive" is the main issue here -- users don't really know what is being captured here -- its a fairly technical term with a negative spin if you don't know what the technical term is.
Comment 3 Elad Alfassa 2014-09-23 17:46:23 UTC 
This would be easy to fix, I can make the patch. I'll just ask the designers first.
Comment 4 Elad Alfassa 2014-09-23 18:04:48 UTC 
Created attachment 286909 [details] [review]
portalHelper: Change user facing name to "Network Login"
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2014-09-23 19:08:44 UTC 
Review of attachment 286909 [details] [review]:

Obviously fine, but needs a string freeze break ...
Comment 6 Bastien Nocera 2014-11-07 09:10:17 UTC 
Attachment 286909 [details] pushed as e402ed1 - portalHelper: Change user facing name to "Network Login"