Re: Bikeshedding the invisible-char

[Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>]

Hi Federico,

If I can have a word on this:

The big circle is wider than most characters. 

Compare the following 3 patterns: (10 chars, monospace)
●●●●●●●●●●
••••••••••
1234567890

When people type in a password they don't expect it to look much longer
than what has been typed, right?

Regards,

Yu
On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 20:07 -0600, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> Fedora has a (currently unapplied?) patch in its gtk2 package which
> changes GtkEntry's invisible-char defualt from "*" to "•" (Unicode
> 0x2022 BULLET).
> 
> openSUSE has a patch that changes the invisible-char to "●" (Unicode
> 0x25CF BLACK CIRCLE).
> 
> I'm arguing for committing openSUSE's patch based on the following
> unquestionable criteria:
> 
> * The circle is bigger.  This goes hand in hand with Christopher
> Alexander's "Nature of Order" principles of Strong Centers, Good Shape,
> and Contrast.
> 
> * The circle is fatter.  We should have a no-discrimination policy
> against Unicode glyphs with an above-average body mass index, I mean,
> the ink-to-area ratio.
> 
> * The circle is BIGGER.  Size does matter, you know.
> 
> * I started the bikeshed.
> 
> Really, it doesn't make sense to carry around patches like these :)  OK
> to commit?
> 
>   Federico
> 
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