On Thu, June 5, 2008 06:13, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:36:00PM -0600, Mark wrote: >> Why didn't they just force owners login to their tablet like you do in >> most Linux distros? If they used the same kind of login process as >> desktop Linux, users could choose whether to autologin if they don't >> care about security or require logging in if they do. > > Most users, given a choice between convenience and security, will choose > convenience. Generally true, but it shouldn't be encouraged. And those of us who *do* care about security are often the early adopters, and we have a lot to do with establishing a product's reputation. I like to think :-). >> Between that and >> the "lock device" feature (which should also have a timeout feature to >> automatically lock it after a selectable period of inactivity and >> would work like screensavers that can be set to require a login to >> exit the screensaver) > > Um, doesn't it? Control panel -> Device lock -> Autolock period. I've got the autolock working, yes. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
