Author: Peter N. Glaskowsky Date: To: Tails user experience & user interface design Subject: Re: [Tails-ux] Hide internal drives when no admin password has been
entered
> On Jun 27, 2015, at 09:27, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>
> So, if instead of displaying a password prompt, we could display a
> message explaining that this feature is not available unless you set up
> an administration password when starting Tails (and this for security
> reasons), then I would be in favor of "learnability" and not
> "consistency". This would:
>
> - Allow learnability for real
> - Fix this problem for all administration tasks
> - Match the mental model of advanced users
>
> Does this make sense?
Yes, I think so. I have the same issue with the admin password prompt. It should make it clear that the user must "create" or "define" a new temporary password to enable admin features.
