(In reply to Brian Smith (:briansmith), was bsm...@mozilla.com (:bsmith) from comment #94) > 2) The patch contains a prompt that asks "Do you want to save master > password to system password manager?" But, this seems like the wrong > question. I think, instead, the "Change Password" dialog box should look > something like this: > > (*) Protect my data with my system password (recommended) > ( ) Use a master password: > New Password: [ ] > Confirm Password: [ ] > ( ) Don't protect my data > > If we did it this way, then we wouldn't need that separate prompt.
Now, let me argue against myself. Shouldn't the users that care about protecting their passwords be using full-disk encryption with a system password already? Why don't we just remove the master password mechanism on Linux completely, and rely on users use of operating-system-level protection of their whole profile? That is, wouldn't the best UI be this?: Mozilla recommends that you use a system password and full-disk encryption to protect your data; if you do that, then a master password is not very helpful. We still support using a master password for now, but we highly recommend against using one, and we may remove this misfeature in a future version. [ ] Use a master password: New Password: [ ] Confirm Password: [ ] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217300 Title: Seahorse integration Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox The Seahorse SSH integration totally rocks! Would it be possible to integrate Firefox with Seahorse to manage web site passwords or the Firefox master password? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/217300/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp