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

[Tyler Close]

I've put together another release, that addresses all of the comments
I've gotten so far. It's at:

http://waterken.sf.net/petname/petname.xpi

For the most contentious topic, the background-color, I've returned it
to its beloved former sheen, but put the petname text in a heavier
font. Maybe the heavier font will help the text grab the eye a little
more, but I suspect there will still be an issue with users only
noticing the green coloring. I sometimes get so lazy that I don't even
look directly at the petname tool, but just notice that there's
something green at the edge of my peripheral vision.

Please download this version and give it a try. I'd like to upload
this version of the code to the Mozilla site in the next couple of
days.

Thanks,
--Tyler

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Stiegler, Marc D
<marc.d.stiegler at hp.com> wrote:
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cap-talk-bounces at mail.eros-os.org
>> [mailto:cap-talk-bounces at mail.eros-os.org] On Behalf Of Mark Miller
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:01 AM
>> To: General discussions concerning capability systems.
>> Subject: Re: [cap-talk] Testers needed (Was: Petname tool for
>> Firefox 3.x?)
>>
>> 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!
>
> In a single paragraph you have captured both the good and the bad features of the green background. Good: it encourages one to give more things petnames. Bad: since you've got more petnamed sites, the risk that you will have 2 petnamed sites that you would not trust with each other's stuff is greater, and the "warm fuzzy" that you get becomes a risk. The problem is not only subtle, it deserves a third alternative...if we can figure one out :-)
>
> --marcs
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