Changing the Notes password for the average user is not a
trivial task. It is way more confusing
and buried than it should be.
First the user will find the "Change Password"
option under "File-Security-User Security", at which point they are
challeneged to enter their current password.
How many people would easily find this and know this is where you change
your password.
Now the user security screen has 10 different buttons or
menus to click on and the "Change Password" button is kinda lost in
the middle. For 98% of my users
changing the password would be the ONLY reason they would ever go into the user
security screen, so why don’t they make it more prominent?
Now comes the confusing part. When they click on
"Change Password" they get a prompt asking for another password. Now is this the current password, or is this
the new password? It is not
obvious. It is made more confusing
because the user is forced to enter their current password TWICE!
How hard would it be so that when they click on "Change
Password" the prompt says "Enter CURRRENT Password", and not
just "Password". I never
understood why it asks for their current password a second time anyway. If it is a security requirement, then fine,
clarify the prompt.
The usability team at Lotus have done a great job on 8.x,
but they need to put some energy in the nooks and crannies of the client.
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