Login box title is confusing
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Translations |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hi,
Ubuntu is a (the?) distro that is meant to "hold peoples hand" through at least the basic tasks, so I think this is a fair comment. This morning I had a user complain that their password wasn't working. They were typing the password into the box titled "Login" on the Unity start screen.
Issue: The box has the title "Login".
Expected: It would be less confusing if it were called "Username".
This is in 12.04 but I think it is something to change moving forward in trusty rather than the current LTS.
I was tempted to check this is a security vulnerability, as the person was typing the password in clear text in the login box but that might be stretching it a little :). The password then appears in the logs. The relevant log files are however locked down to root.
