[sldev] Patch to Address Debit Permission Spoofing

[Adam Frisby]

Changing the text on the buttons to what they do is always a good UI 
concept.

--
An object wants to be allowed to take money from your account.
--
yada yada yada
--

[Grant Permission] [Deny]

Able Whitman wrote:

> What if the first line, in bold and white, said something like "An 
> object wants permission to take money (L$) from you.", and then went on 
> to give more detail?
> 
> I definitely agree, less wording is better, but when I was trying to 
> come up with the right phrasing I felt a little hampered by the fact 
> that the debit permission is fairly complicated to describe accurately.
> 
> On 5/29/07, *Nicholaz Beresford* <nicholaz at blueflash.cc 
> <mailto:nicholaz at blueflash.cc>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I agree here somehow, but everybody will read the first line and
>     many, since it's red and about  will probably even read more.
> 
>     So my suggestion  would be a very plain, no frills first line that tells
>     exactly what the requester window is about without decoration, and
>     then the explanation:
> 
>     "An object is requesting ongoing permission to take L$ from your
>     account.
> 
>     This may be legitimate in case of vendor systems,  ... yada yada ...
>     spoofing
>     yada yada.
> 
>     [Accept]   [Deny]"
> 
> 
>     Just my two Lindens
> 
> 
>     Nick
> 
> 
> Second Life from the inside out:
> http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
> 
> 
> 
>     Tateru Nino wrote:
> 
>>In my experience, from a usability perspective and from a long mile of
>>live help, the average user is increasingly less likely to read a
>>warning or error message the longer it is. They want the popup to go away.
>>
>>
>>The existing permissions request, if you enquire about it, the user
>>responds "Umm. Oh, there was something about... permissions... something."
>>
>>People aren't dumb, but they _are_ in something of a rush. I'm wondering
>>
>>if some sort of graphical iconic(s) might be useful to focus the user on
>>the meaning of the text below.
>>
> 
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