/usr/lib/gnome-keyring/gnome-keyring-ask should always be on-top

Bug #126288 reported by James Hunt
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Keyring
Fix Released
Critical
gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Firstly, thx for Feisty - it rocks. Here's how to trigger my minor gripe...

1. Configure a wireless network using the Feisty network manager applet
2. Start a few applications
3. Save the session
4. log out.
5. log in
6. /usr/lib/gnome-keyring/gnome-keyring-ask will pop-up asking you for your network password
7. Before you can put your password in, your other apps will then fire up (firefox, thunderbird, gaim, etc)
8. You'll now observe that gnome-keyring-ask is at the back of the stack.

This is a serious newbie usability issue IMHO since a newbie could be scratching their head thinking, "why can't I surf the web?"

Easy fix: make gnome-keyring-ask stay on-top so that other apps open _behind_ it. This way it is immediately obvious that you need to enter your network password to get online.

Extra credit: The text that gnome-keyring-ask pops up is frankly inane - a newbie really doesn't care that "the application '/usr/bin/nm-applet' wants to access blah, blah, blah". What they want to read is someting more succinct and obvious, like:

  To connect to the internet, please enter your network password.

Thanks for reading.

Revision history for this message
Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

this bug has been fixed upstream and should be available in the next package release for gutsy.

Changed in gnome-keyring:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-keyring:
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Changed in gnome-keyring:
status: Unknown → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug is already fixed in gutsy

Changed in gnome-keyring:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-keyring:
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-keyring:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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