[iPAQ] secrets/passwords

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 09:06:17PM -0400, Todd Courtnage wrote:
>> Didn't do a lot of testing, I'm in a rush, and did this in about 20
>> minutes, and am going out. Seems to work ok, though.
>
> it works ok, but it's clear that it wasn't meant for an ipaq.

Hehe, beggars can't be choosers!

> three main issues:

> - the screen size. even in landscape, it's way too wide. this should be
> easy to solve by editing the layout and sizes a little.

Should be easy to solve. (Should being the key word!)

> - entering a password via xstroke is a pain. the error rate is just
> much higher than on a keyboard. on the other hand, due to the much
> smaller screen and ability to tilt it in any way, shoulder-surfing
> shouldn't be so much of a problem, so maybe it can be tuned to show the
> last character that was entered?

Ya, I end up using the xkbd keyboard to do the passwords. Actually, the
easiest way is to create your passwords on the desktop, then just copy the
~/.gpasman file to your iPAQ.

> - instead of a user/password/comment, a single field would be much more
> useful to me and solve part of problem one.

A single field that showed user/password/comment, you mean?

> <sigh> looks like grabbing the source and doing some improvements is
> the right thing to do. anyone care to help? I'll do it, but if I don't
> have to do it on my own, it'll be much faster.

I'll help out. It's been years since I've done any C programming, but I've
wanted to get back into it. I just didn't have the incentive before. Now I
do. :-)

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Todd Courtnage
tcourtnage@canada.com
http://www.toddcourtnage.com