Re: ACTION-372: Proposed replacement for 7.6

One who shall not be named? That sounds too much like something out of a
fantasy novel. "Don't speak Sarumon's name out loud, or you will draw his
attention!" And we're not trying to prevent the string from having a name
(as you just said that the user can assign an alias to the string), we're
preventing the text from being displayed and/or read aloud.
-My $0.02

On Jan 17, 2008 8:53 AM, Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org> wrote:

>
> I propose to replace section 7.6 [1] by the following text, to
> address ISSUE-125:
>
>        Some text strings are of sufficiently high value that the
>        risk of onlookers or bystanders evesdropping on the
>        communication between machine and user is deemed
>        unacceptable, e.g., in the case of a password displayed on a
>        screen or read aloud by a screen reading tool.
>
>        The text entry tool history menu MUST provide a means for
>        the user to mark a text string as one who shall not be
>        named.  Invoking this function MUST enable the user to
>        assign an alias to this string, which can then be used in
>        subsequent interactions with the safe form editor.
>
> 1. http://www.w3.org/TR/wsc-xit/#safebar-onscreenmask
>
> Regards,
> --
> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
>
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