Re: [Bulk] Re: Characters in a password field
- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:20:59 -0700
Try looking in tools/options (Press Alt+t, then o). There are a number of
areas in a list. I think it's either under popular or under save.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Devona" <djasister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 06:58
Subject: [Bulk] Re: Characters in a password field
Would you mind answering how to make pas word protection in Microsoft word
7 for a doc?
Devona
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From: "Bill White" <billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:15 PM
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Characters in a password field
> Actually, I get the star symbol when I do passwords. I don't think they
> would make JAWS less secure than a screen would be.
> Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:12 PM
> Subject: RE: Characters in a password field
>
>
>> Hi, Bill.
>>
>> First, I doubt that's the rationale. As you know, we typically hear the
>> results of our password keystrokes as X X X. JAWS is merely doing what it
>> does: echo what's on the screen.
>>
>> Second, it ought to be for the user, not the website, to determine how to
>> handle security matters of this kind. One person might wait until they're
>> alone to do work requiring passwords, another might plug in headphones.
>>
>> The fact is there are times it would be very helpful to know if we've
>> typed
>> in a password correctly. I remember trying to help a visually impaired
>> friend create a password for the NLS BARD website, which is more
>> stringent
>> than any bank I've ever encountered. Not only does NLS specify the
>> minimum
>> number of characters and a mix of digits and letters, but it also
>> prohibits
>> repetition of any character. Between figuring that out, communication
>> problems and that person's less than admirable typing skills, we took a
>> whole hour. How I longed that day for character echo!!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Bill White
>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:47 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Characters in a password field
>>
>> No, there isn't. If you had JAWS on speaker, everyone else would get the
>> echo as well as you. That would be even worse than it being visible on
>> screen, since it could be broadcast to a wider audience. It's a security
>> issue.
>> Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian and Denise Albriton" <autoharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 6:11 PM
>> Subject: Characters in a password field
>>
>>
>>> Is there an option to have jaws echo the characters you type in a
>>> password field?
>>> Brian
>>>
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