Am Dienstag, 28. Dezember 2010 schrieb Boroondas Gupte: > On 12/28/2010 09:40 PM, Celierra Darling wrote: > > It seems a little unclear to try to communicate "this can have > > privacy implications" by putting the setting on the privacy tab. > > It might be better to write the setting label so it's more > > explicit (i.e. something like "Show my favorites to anyone under > > 'Start At' before logging in" or "Show my favorites under 'Start > > At' on login (before authenticating)" or etc.). > > I have to agree that placing settings on the "privacy" tab is not a > good way to indicate the fact that they have privacy implications. > It goes against the principle that a setting should be placed > where users expect it. I.e., if you know (or suspect) a setting > exists, but don't know where to find it, where would you first > look for it? Education about the consequences of changing the > setting can be postponed until after you found it.
possible solution: "make it so" that enabling this displays a popup telling the user "this might disclose your favorite places to anyone who has physical access to your computer", similar to the "restart the viewer" popup that appears on changing some other settings. bye, LC _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
