[geeklog-devel] [geeklog-cvs] geeklog: Experimental: Give the user an idea how long they have ...

[Chris 'Chipper' Chiapusio]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:35:41PM +0100, Dirk Haun wrote:
>>url:  http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/rev/
>37fcd14cdee2
>
>>description:
>>Experimental: Give the user an idea how long they have until the
>>security token expires
>
>So Tony and myself were discussing CSRF and the dreaded usage problems
>they cause when trying to make things secure. This was one idea we had.
>
>I'd consider this an intermediate step until we get around to
>overhauling the editors. But it will at least prevent some nasty
>surprises (I would hope).
>
>What does everybody think? Also, how's that message?
>
>>+    91 => 'You have until %s to make changes. After that time, the
>>security token embedded into this page will expire and you will lose
>>your changes. You can always hit "Preview" to extend the expiry time.'
>
>This would need some adjustment for forms without a preview option, of
>course. I was thinking of adding such a message to all the editors for 1.6.1.
>
>bye, Dirk
>


Can you display the countdown timer somehow?


Chip
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