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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Curtis Hovey
<curtis.hovey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 14:02 -0400, Curtis Hovey wrote:
...
>> Private items will be displayed differently in listings to indicate that they
>> are private to the user. This will inform the user about the risk of taking
>> a screen shot of the page and posting it in a public location. Private
>> pages will clearly state the page is private to remind the user about the
>> project or distro he is working in.
>
> bac: The mechanism for doing this is undecided, I assume, given the
> difficulty we've already had with users becoming numbed to the privacy
> markers we've employed.
>
> sinzui: I think we need dancing private parts. Colour was suggested, but
> making something different as we have done failed. Different is not
> enough. Users need to see the words private in may places, such as a
> band along the edges of the page or a watermark.

Also, we're in the process of hiring someone who will have the job of
solving problems like these, someone to do visual design for us.

If you are reading this and are interested in the position, talk to me.

jml