First of all let me say thank you for building a fingerprint
authentication stack that works on free OSes! It's much appeciated :)<br><br>I've
been using fprintd for a year or two now, and it strikes me that there
are some ways in which its usability could be greatly improved.
Perhaps this has already been discussed, though I can't see anything in a
quick scan of the archives. Two big things that could be better:<br>
<br>1. Authentication with fprintd shouldn't be modal (either password
or fingerprint). It's really inconvenient when you want to auth by
means A and the software expects means B. The user should be able to
authenticate by either method , as they wish, and software shouldn't
demand one or the other at
any given moment.<br>
<br>2. Fingerprint authentication shouldn't time out. It often takes a
while, especially for newer users, to realise that they're being
prompted for a fingerprint, and they'll often go to swipe right as the
timeout is kicking in. If you solve 1, there isn't any reason for a
timeout anyway.<br>
<br>I don't know if PAM creates obstacles to fixing these...