[cap-talk] Testers needed (Was: Petname tool for Firefox 3.x?)

[Mark Miller]

This is a surprising and true point. Now that Dean mentions it, I found the
green background comforting, even when I didn't actually look. When it was a
different color, I'd often glance and think about giving it a name. I think
I no longer do when I'm not already thinking about it. Weird subtle stuff!

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Dean Tribble <dtribble at gmail.com> wrote:

> The other thing hat the color background encouraged was actually
> giving pet names. Since sites are not warm and fuzzy unless I've told
> the system my name for them, I noticed when I site didnt' have one and
> considered providing one.
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:39 AM, James A. Donald <jamesd at echeque.com>
> wrote:
> > Tyler Close <tyler.close at gmail.com>:
> >> I switched from background color to text color because I noticed I was
> >> falling into the habit of only seeing the color and not the petname
> >> text. This habit is vulnerable to phishing between petname'd sites.
> >
> > One is unlikely to be phished between petname'd sites.
> >
> > Trying to force the user to pay more attention never succeeds.
> >
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--MarkM
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