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Bug 615742 - Save password dialog is confusing, isn't pretty
Save password dialog is confusing, isn't pretty
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
polish
: 619379 676118 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-04-14 12:58 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2013-12-15 16:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Screenshot of the password dialog (16.88 KB, image/png)
2010-04-14 13:07 UTC, Allan Day
Details

Description Allan Day 2010-04-14 12:58:59 UTC
The current save password dialog (displayed via GtkInfoBar) reads as follows:

'Would you like to store the password for <user name> in <domain address>? [Not now] [Store password]'

I've attached a screenshot of the dialog.

There are a few things about this that make it difficult to understand:

 * The word 'store' is used instead of the more conventional 'save'
 * The use of the user name is potentially confusing and isn't necessary
 * Suggests that the password is being stored *in* the website - again, potential here for confusion
 * 'Not now' option - alludes to future behaviour without specifying what that behaviour will be. If not now, when?!
 * Lacks an obvious way to close the dialog. Again, this is unconventional.

There are some odd aesthetic things about the display of the dialog too: the central justification of the text doesn't align well with other interface elements and is contrary to convention (see the use of GtkInfoBar elsewhere).

A quick review of what other browsers do. Firefox:

'Do you want Firefox to remember the password for <user name> on <domain address>?' [Remember] [Never for this site] [Not now] [x]

Chromium:

'Do you want Chromium to save your password?' [Save] [Never for this site] [x]

Both indicate what it is that is doing the saving. Firefox reproduces the unnecessary reference to user name and domain. There are unnecessary buttons in the Firefox version: the close button and Not Now button do the same thing. Firefox also uses 'remember' instead of 'save'.

Chromium's is the best, imo: it is the shortest, simplist, and easiest to understand. I'd recommend adopting the same formula in Epiphany:

'Do you want Epiphany to save your password?' [Save] [Never for this site] [x]
Comment 1 Allan Day 2010-04-14 13:07:42 UTC
Created attachment 158716 [details]
Screenshot of the password dialog
Comment 2 Claudio Saavedra 2013-08-20 07:23:09 UTC
Do you have updated comments on this? Perhaps we can review it now.
Comment 3 Allan Day 2013-08-20 09:03:03 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Do you have updated comments on this? Perhaps we can review it now.

Heh, I'd actually forgotten about this one. :) I can't think of anything new; I'd be happy to review a patch of course.
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2013-12-11 10:06:46 UTC
*** Bug 619379 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 William Jon McCann 2013-12-15 16:28:13 UTC
*** Bug 676118 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***