Bug#669859: icedove startup: user flooded with overlapping reminder and password prompts

Package: iceowl-extension
Version: 1.0~b1+dfsg2-2+squeeze2
Severity: Important

I have the following configuration:

- email passwords and certificates protected by a master password:
icedove prompts for keyring password on startup

- two calendars: iceowl-extension prompts me to log in to each calendar
on startup (username/password popups)

- reminders configured to display a popup

I find that all the popups come together too quickly, and the reminders
popup keeps trying to come to the front of the password popups, even
while I am typing a password

This sometimes results in the reminders popups interpreting my
keystrokes incorrectly (the keystrokes were intended for one of the
password popups)

A variation of this problem is that sometimes one of the password popups
ends up hidden behind the main window, icedove appears to be frozen, and
it is not always obvious what is wrong. This could be extremely
confusing for less experienced users.

I have marked the severity `important' because of the fact that a user
typing a password could inadvertently dismiss an important reminder if
their keystrokes were taken by the wrong popup.




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